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Weekly Scriptural Reflection for 16 September 2014

Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord; give praise, O servants of the Lord,

you that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for he is gracious.

Psalms 135, Verses 1-36

 
I think that today in most main stream Christian churches we have gotten away from “praising” the Lord. Most of us attend church, go to “the house of the Lord”, just once a week – maybe twice a week. We attend services, say our prayers, and sing a few songs. But do we really “praise” God? Do we lift our voices joyfully, exultantly, enthusiastically? These verses exhort us to praise the Lord when we are in his house, to “sing to his name”. They remind us that we should do this because the Lord is good and gracious.

If I really consider the might of the Lord, if I truly consider who he is and what he has done for humankind, for me, I should be singing His praises from the moment I awake to the moment I fall back asleep, every day. Hallelujah!! God is good!

Blessings,

Margo
16 September 2014

See the video reflection that accompanies this post – Psalms 135:1-3

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Weekly Scriptural Reflection for 03 June 2014

While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.

And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy;

and they were continually in the temple blessing God.

Luke, 24, Verses 51-53

 
The feast of the Ascension has been somewhat “lost in the mix” of the liturgy of the Church. In fact, in America, it no longer has its own special day – Ascension Thursday – but has been fused into the Sunday following what would have been Ascension Thursday. And yet the Resurrection of our Lord would not be compete without it. He needed to go to the Father to fulfill the promise of eternal life, to prepare a place for us.

In this scripture from Luke, notice that the last thing Christ did before being ”carried up into heaven”, was to bless His disciples. As a result “they worshiped Him” and were filled with joy and then they went to the temple to bless God. Let us be aware of the many ways that God continues to bless us daily. Hopefully we are then drawn to worship Him in the temple of our own lives and to bless Him in return.

Blessings,

Margo
03 June 2014

See the video reflection that accompanies this post – Luke 24:51-53

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