January 27, 2021

Daily Lectionary Readings for Year B

Psalm 46 is one to write out and add to all that is on your refrigerator, to keep ever mindful.

God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
    though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar and foam,
    though the mountains tremble with its tumult.

Read it again and again.  Commit it to memory.  Breathe it out when you most need to be reminded that you are loved, God is present, and there is no need to fear.  The Psalm speaks to the power God has to bring peace, to end war, to cease conflict.  "Be still and know that I am God."  

This might be a good day to give someone a call.  Read to each other the words from Psalm 46.  Sometimes it helps to speak God's promises out loud so that they can settle into the mind and inform the heart.

God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
    though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar and foam,
    though the mountains tremble with its tumult.

--
Peace,
Dean