So good to spend time with you again!
This week in the psalms, especially in connection with the liturgy of the hours, has been refreshing. How have they stayed with me? I think phrases do come back. It is like they become helium molecules in my head, bouncing around filling me. I can almost feel them now under my scalp. Each time I sat down with them, the psalms were a Sabbath retreat for me. Engaging Muller this week made that even more pointed. How has this changed the way in interact with people? Here is a story:
Just tonight the couple that is staying with us got some bad news. Becky's sister's recently ex-boyfriend committed suicide tonight. As they were on the phone dealing with their family, I turned to the office of the dead and prayed the evening prayer. I was quietly directing the prayers to the couple in the other room. I found that afterward for hours that I was mourning. The prayers were emotionally intense and continued that way. I was mourning with those who mourn thanks to the grace found in praying the psalms.
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