“The
Lord will keep
your going out and your
coming in from this time on and
forevermore.”
(Psalm
121:8)
No matter the hour, no matter how late I
came in, my dear mother always knew. It
wasn’t that she stayed up to wait for me or greeted me at the door when I would
come home in the wee hours of the morning. Though I would tip toe down the hall
as quietly as I could past her room, she always called out softly, “Is that you,
Jim.” She knew it was me and her
question was not about personal identification.
Those four words were her way of letting me know she was there, that she
cared about me, and that she was aware of more than I
realized.
The Psalmist acknowledges his need for God
in this wonderful 121st
Psalm. “My help comes from the Lord, the
maker of heaven and earth,” he writes. He finds it reassuring that God knows
his comings and goings. I’m not sure I
always appreciated my mother’s awareness those many years ago, but now as I
reflect on those memories, I see the example of the Creator who was and is
always there, always caring about me, always aware of more than I
realize.
Prayer:
Thank you, Lord, for letting me know you are there.
Amen.
Jim
Abernathy
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