Scripture: Psalm 107:4-9
Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town; hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress; he led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town. For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.
Thought for the Day: Is the author of the Psalm speaking of a literal group looking for “an inhabited town,” or is this poetry/metaphor. I can’t say for sure, but I can relate to it because the image connects well beyond a literal reading. I have never been lost in a desert searching for a place where food, water and shelter would be found. At the same time, I have known periods in my life when my spirit was parched and my faith a bit dry. Like many of you, I wandered as if lost, and though I may not have been able to articulate it, I was hoping to find a community (an inhabited town) where others would offer me the sustenance for which I had been searching. I like how the passage describes the Lord leading us “by a straight way.” When you are in the midst of the wandering, it may not feel like a straight way, but my experience has often been that it was as straight as God could get me to walk.
Prayer: Continue to guide me, O Merciful Lord, to the places where my spirit will be nourished by the sustenance of your grace and presence. Amen.
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