Hello friends and welcome to this Lectio Divina on Psalm 108.
And it's really good to be back with you having not recorded for quite a number of months.
So welcome.
I am really glad to be reading these words to you.
In arriving I invite you to take a deeper breath.
To gather yourself into this moment.
You are here.
We are here and the Beloved is here.
May your heart be tended to in these words.
And find a place of encouragement,
Hope and love.
Sitting comfortably,
Attentive and open to these words and love within them,
Psalm 108.
My heart is united with your heart,
O Beloved.
I sing and I will sing praises.
My soul is awakened.
O joy,
O gratitude!
I rise to the new dawn.
I give thanks to you,
Beloved,
Among the peoples.
I sing praises to you among the nations.
For your steadfast love is great through all the world.
Your faithfulness remains for all eternity.
Be exalted,
O Radiant One,
Throughout the universe.
Let your glory extend to the ends of the earth.
That your friends may be set free from fear.
Come to our aid.
Waken us all.
For you have been our promise for all generations.
Come to me when your hearts are heavy and I will give you rest.
For as I am in you,
So do you live in me.
We are one in the spirit of love.
Be my messengers of peace.
Be bearers of mercy and justice.
Let love triumph over fear.
Who will answer the invitation of love?
Who will lead others into the new dawn?
Stay awake,
O my soul,
To the Beloved within.
Oh,
That I might shine as a light in the world.
Released from the darkness within,
I extend your peace out to the world.
For you are my peace and my light.
With you I can do all things.
Into your heart I commend my soul,
Always.
You So returning on this second reading to a few verses.
Notice how these verses make you feel,
How you want to respond,
And whether there are any words or phrases in particular that capture your imagination or your heart.
Come to me when your hearts are heavy.
And I will give you rest.
For as I am in you,
So do you live in me.
We are one in the spirit of love.
Be my messengers of peace,
Be bearers of mercy and justice.
Let love triumph over fear.
You you you you you and on the final reading of those verses.
Welcome them into the deeper places of your being to connect with where you most need them.
Let the word or the phrase enter into you and find a resting place.
Come to me when your hearts are heavy.
And I will give you rest.
For as I am in you,
So do you live in me.
We are one in the spirit of love.
Be my messengers of peace.
Be bearers of mercy and justice.
Let love triumph over fear.
You May peace and love and rest go with you.
Return to these words if you want to.
Listen to them over and over until you fully receive what is yours to receive in them.
May you know yourself,
Loved and held and seen in the Beloved.
Amen.
