Psalm 139: Where can I go from your spirit?

Psalm 139⁷   Where can I go from your spirit?Or where can I flee from your presence?⁸   If I ascend to heaven, you are there;if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.⁹   If I take the wings of the morningand settle at the farthest limits of the sea,¹⁰  even there your hand shall lead me,and your right hand shall hold me fast.¹¹  If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,and the light around me become night,”¹²  even the darkness is not dark to you;the night is as bright as the day,for darkness is as light to you.

• Light a candle to remember Christ's presence with you.
• Spend 5 to 15 minutes in silent meditation using your deep breathing to guide you.
• Make a point to visit this text twice today.
• In between times, make note of your path.  Where to do you notice God's presence?  Where do you miss God's presence?
• Write these down and invite God into the place where you missed God.
• Look one more time in those missed places to see if anything new is revealed.
• Give thanks to God for this time in prayer and the life you receive.
• Share as you feel led in the reply box below.

Revised Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday, July 17 2011,  the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Genesis 28:10-19a

Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24

Romans 8:12-25

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

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Permission to use in not-for-profit settings Lil Smith, M.Div., DASD.