O Holy One, Love Consciousness is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Your faithfulness endures to all generations; Love is the hope and promise of all the Earth.
Help us to reverence Her, to care for Her with compassion; for we have sorely misused Her.
If You had withheld your Love from us, we would have perished from our fears.
Your Truth is ever before us; by It, You have set us free.
I am yours, grace me with your Presence, for I would be a loving friend and companion to You.
I say to those I meet, “Come, the way is yours! Come, all you who are fearful and lonely!
Follow the sacred path of Truth; Come to the inner way of Light!”
Nan C. Merrill Psalms for Praying
Reflection:
Each finite thing, even if they seem perfect, comes to an end, but God’s steadfast love is infinite and expansive beyond our understanding. It is God’s Love that permeates all things, supports all things, renews and restores all things, and sets all things free with truth and Love.
This section has a solid profession of faith and affirmation of God’s steadfast faithfulness while the previous section described the feeling of being forgotten by God. It’s not surprising that relationship with God comes in a wide variety of experiences and I love the way that these two sections can feel like companions on the journey. Faith and doubt are friends, companions, that guide all of us on the way; and we learn a great deal from them, especially when we value them equally.
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