Prior to Praising

Monday of the 4th Week of Lent

Psalm 30 
(paul inwood composition of the psalm)

I will praise you Lord

You have rescued me

I will praise you Lord…for your Mercy

I will praise you Lord

You have rescued me

I. Will. Praise. You. Lord.

There is something about this musical setting of Psalm 30

There is something about the music

That conveys the repetitive and predictive nature of the subject

I don’t mean the praising

And I don’t mean the Mercy that gives cause for the praise

It is still Lent

So I’m thinking about all that keeps giving cause for the Mercy…

I keep needing rescue!

One of the things the Psalm speaks to is this

Going down

Going down into the pit

…What are my pits?

Lately, for me, it has been the temptation to cynicism and a kind of chic despair

The Holy Spirit

Working through spittle and clay

Through neighbors and friends

Through sickness and health

Through infants and great grand parents

Through mountains, beaches, and waves

Through it all

God relentlessly works to rescue me from myself

On the bright side

If I keep needing rescue

That does mean that I keep getting rescued

Maybe I am getting good at being rescued

Maybe ready to be on the ‘rescuing’ end of things…surely;)