I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul
(Psalm 131)
O LORD, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
O Israel, hope in the LORD
from this time forth and forevermore.
I am not very good at doing this---quieting my soul.
I think I want control.
I think I'm good at controlling things.
Am I willing to accept that God allows things into my life to show me things (idols) that I wouldn't otherwise identify?
The LORD is gracious and merciful
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
Psalm 145:8-9
In this life there will be trouble. Why am I surprised by disappointments, or unmet expectations, or when plans seem to be spinning out of control? Why am I caught off guard when the secular world around me seems to unravel with this sense of hopelessness, despair, and panic. Let me not live like those who have no hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13).
May this be a season in many of our lives - a season where we can be beacons of light in the darkness.
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