1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up,
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.
2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.
3 O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time on and forevermore. – Psalm 131
I wish I could spend every day in the position of quiet trust that this psalm elicits.
In this song of ascent, the psalmist ascribes the calm and quiet soul to be like that of a waned child with its mother. The beauty in those words, is that the mothers’ love is no longer something that is desired for what the mother provides in physical nourishment. The child has learned to take care of themselves, yet, in the quietness of the evening, they still choose to rest with their mother for the comfort and peace there is in that place.
I feel privileged to get a visual of this almost every day, as our days wined down, and we prepare for its close. The children, can’t help themselves but want to climb as close to their mom as they can, asking her for stories, and hugs, and kisses good nights.
Sometimes, as parents it can feel smothering to have those moments with all the children pile on, but one day, and too soon, those moments will be missed. For some, those moments may now seem like a distant memory. Yet, we are reminded in this analogy, we always have arms open wide to hold us in our time of need. the Lord is our hope, our comfort, our place of rest. So even if we miss the physical touch of care, we know that we are still be held in love by a God above who will be with us always.
May God’s care, grace, peace, and love fill you today, that you rest again in His arms of love.
Grace & Peace,
Sam