Return

"Return to your rest, O my soul," Psalm 116:7.

And where does this resting place reside? How should a person know when they've gotten back to that rest? Well, it's the place they had left from, way back when the anchorless driftings started, lostness began, fears arose, death surrounded, and despair settled in. The place to which they turned instinctively for mercy, for help: O God! The place where they found God listening, extending mercy, giving grace, showing righteousness, safe-guarding children. Yes. The place to which we turned for help and found bountiful deliverance: to God, creator of skies and earth. Oh, Yes, my soul! Return to your Refreshment! to your Respite! to your Rest!

As we turn with a brother or sister today, we find our rest from the day's vagaries in the comfort of our God's word. And, together, we thank God for his abiding faithfulness.