Scripture: Psalm 77:5-6
I consider the days of old, and remember the years of long ago. I commune with my heart in the night; I meditate and search my spirit…
Thought for the Day: Tomorrow is an important day for every couch-potato. It is the 64th anniversary of the first live nationwide telecast of a football game. As a college football fanatic, I feel as if this should be a national holiday. For many people, they do not remember a time when there wasn’t at least a few college games available on Saturday afternoon. For a number of years, I watched games on a 13 inch Black & White TV that required a pair of pliers to change the channel, but it didn’t stop me from spending many hours glued to the TV. Of course, there were not too many options so changing didn’t happen very often.
It is funny the things we remember from the past. I can laugh about that Black & White TV with the pliers close at hand, but there was a lot during those ‘good old days’ that really was good, foundational, and important to the person I became. The author of the Psalm, during a time of struggle, was reaching back into the past for something to hold. My concern is that many people today do not have anything from their past to which they can cling, and so when crisis occurs, their story is empty and they feel lost. What I like is how the author of this Psalm reaches back into the larger faith story, and connected himself to the testimony of God’s liberating work in Egypt. The author wouldn’t have yet been born, but faith connected him to a story that was foundational even when it really wasn’t his personal story. When we feel as if we do not have such a story, God draws us into a divine narrative which has both a history from which we can find identity and a future in which we can find hope.
Prayer: For your goodness in every generation, O Lord, I give you thanks. I appreciate the way you have grafted me into a strong family tree whose roots run deep and whose branches stretch high. Amen.
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