St. Paul’s Cycle of Prayer – Thursday – The people of Bondeau, Haiti, especially Pere Phanord, the school teachers and medical clinic volunteers, for our Cursillo community.
(click Prayer Instructions for links to Morning or Evening Prayer for today)
Psalm 131:
1O LORD, I am not proud; *
I have no haughty looks.
2I do not occupy myself with great matters, *
or with things that are too hard for me.
3But I still my soul and make it quiet,
like a child upon its mother’s breast; *
my soul is quieted within me.
4O Israel, wait upon the LORD, *
from this time forth for evermore.
While I expect comments about “I have no haughty looks”, I remind my vast reading audience that I have to APPROVE any comments, so be kind!
I needed this Psalm today. I am having trouble sleeping – I am sure related to all the Katrina memories flooding back as I go back through pictures and videos and blogs, preparing a presentation and sermon for the 10th anniversary. And also, quite honestly, for real anxiety of finding my next gig…er…call. I am only human. Like you, I need reminders to be still, to be quiet, to have “my soul quieted within me” and to wait upon the Lord. The Psalmist says “I do not occupy myself with great matters, or with things that are too hard for me”. Great advice. I pray I can keep it.