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Thursday, 2 July 2020

Psalms for Today 5


 


Psalm 42:8 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.


Link here for a musical reflection Psalm 42 by Rev'd Paul Collings


You stand by me through waking day

And whilst I sleep, you with me stay.

You ease my mind by your accord

With love songs lilt my soul restore.


Such gracious love in me applied

As through my prayer I seek your guide,  

That through my life your channelled  love

Comes here to me as gentle dove.


I too would be like thirsty deer

And seek refreshment as I near

The living waters of your grace,

And there drink freely at that place.


The place you have prepared for me

To slake my thirst that I might be

Refreshed, renewed and there to find

A refuge sure of nobler kind.


Lord plunge me ‘neath the water deep

And there to find, that though I weep,

A deeper cleansing of my soul

Where love unspeakable makes whole.


“. . . it is presumptuous in me to wish to choose my path, because I cannot tell which path is best for me. I must leave it to the Lord, Who knows me, to lead me by the path which is best for me, so that in all things His will may be done.” 

Teresa of Ávila, Interior Castle


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