Here is a selection of what came out of our workshop yesterday!
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his steadfast love endures for ever!
Let Israel say,
‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’
Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!
O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
The Lord is God,
and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
up to the horns of the altar.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God, I will extol you.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures for ever.
--Psalm 118:1-2, 25-29 NRSV
It should be reassuring to know that there is something, here, in Psalm 118, -- a love -- that endures forever. Sure, we say that when we meet that special someone, that this is a love that will last forever. But we know we will die - do we really think that this love between two corporal people will live on forever? Maybe if we were named Romeo and Juliet, then, maybe.
But to know that a feeling -- a love -- is so strong that it will last forever, and will continue with other people in the in the future -- as it is with those in the present and the past -- I think is more reassuring than contemplating a love between two mortal people. God's love attaches us to the immortal -- it gives us strengths just knowing that we have seen this great beyond, even here on earth. God's love allows us to see hat some things do endure forever, and that we are part of this when we are with God.
--Steve
See there! on the horizon
A squinting, flickering light --
Like horns entwining and entangling
Like branches spiraling up to heaven
Look now! here comes the one --
the Mirage Man
from Heaven's House --
Coming with the unspeakable name on his lips,
with a dusty, thunderous step
And warm arms open
Wide
Singing in a full throated voice,
"Thank God! because She is so good!
Her Love lives on forever!"
--Anna
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his steadfast love endures for ever!
Let Israel say,
‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’
Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!
O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
The Lord is God,
and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
up to the horns of the altar.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God, I will extol you.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures for ever.
--Psalm 118:1-2, 25-29 NRSV
It should be reassuring to know that there is something, here, in Psalm 118, -- a love -- that endures forever. Sure, we say that when we meet that special someone, that this is a love that will last forever. But we know we will die - do we really think that this love between two corporal people will live on forever? Maybe if we were named Romeo and Juliet, then, maybe.
But to know that a feeling -- a love -- is so strong that it will last forever, and will continue with other people in the in the future -- as it is with those in the present and the past -- I think is more reassuring than contemplating a love between two mortal people. God's love attaches us to the immortal -- it gives us strengths just knowing that we have seen this great beyond, even here on earth. God's love allows us to see hat some things do endure forever, and that we are part of this when we are with God.
--Steve
See there! on the horizon
A squinting, flickering light --
Like horns entwining and entangling
Like branches spiraling up to heaven
Look now! here comes the one --
the Mirage Man
from Heaven's House --
Coming with the unspeakable name on his lips,
with a dusty, thunderous step
And warm arms open
Wide
Singing in a full throated voice,
"Thank God! because She is so good!
Her Love lives on forever!"
--Anna
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