Read Psalm 34. What stood out to you in this reading of the text?
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Because I have had computer problems in the last week I haven't posted any comments, so here is a response to all the meditations since the first of December.
It seems to me that this author is describing the contemplative life to which God calls us to live:
We most often arrive there from a wildernss experience -- a time of desolation -- that we have not chosen. We question: Why? How? Why does God not give us what we pray for? How will it happen? How long must we wait?
Then we experience God in community with others who weep with us and transform our tears into laughter. God speaks to us out of the chaos and calls us to be still and contemplate what God has done and is doing for us. In remembering the steadfast presence of Love we are shown a way to move through the chaos in hope and confidence and breathless joy and become open to responding with acts of service.
My question is about those who have never had a family or community with steadfast love? How can they remember what they've never experienced? Who will guide them? What community? Can we be a commuity that reaches out to them, demonstrating Love with acts of service?
Persistent God, take us by the hand and lead us.