"Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary?Who may live on your holy hill?
He whose walk is blameless
and who does what is righteous,
who speaks from the heart ..."
Psalm 15:1-2
There seem to be some people who are just able to move in the world with a sense of peace and contentment. They are never overly frazzled by the ups and downs of life and find both the easy grass and the rocky places to be 'home' for them.
It is a place that I long to be and realize I have a long way to get there. Is it that my walk isn't blameless? Or that I am not yet truly speaking from my heart? Or is it that I just like the easy places to much and don't want to do the hard work of climbing into the places that God is leading?
On the photo tour Mark told us, "Climb up higher. Go over the top to see what is beyond." That climb in life both physically and metaphorically is not easy. But why live with just what everyone else sees and does? Why not make the climb to live in in the high places and know the God of all creation? I have a feeling that it will be worth the journey.
1 comment:
Sid,
Thanks for all the wonderful pictures. It has been very interesting and insightful to read your references to the Psalms. Hope you are having a terrific time and that your vision and passion is being restored and renewed. As you read through the Psalms here is one that I think is very fitting: Psalm 71: 15-19
"My mouth will tell of your righteousness,of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure. I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone. Since my youth, O God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray,
do not forsake me, O God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
your might to all who are to come. Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God, you who have done great things.
Who, O God, is like you?"
Bill
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