Psalm 63:7 (NRSV)
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Verse 7for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.
Devotion
Three weeks from today is the most awkward day of the year for me: that time between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Saturday. The disciples mourned. The city went about its regular Sabbath routine. Jesus lay in-between. But, then comes the most joyous night of the year for me: Easter vigil. In the shadow of the (now empty) cross, we sing for great joy. Every Saturday is a brief reminder. We know how the story turns out! Life wins! But don’t we cyclically enter periods of mourning, waiting and eventual singing?
Prayer
God of the Saturdays, help me to remember your abiding presence, even when hope seems lost, faith seems dead, and possibility seems entombed. Amen.