The Magdalene Mystique - The Path Inward

I usually arise early. Sometimes I go for a walk in the early morning light. Other times I sit in our living room chair that looks out on our garden and trees. This morning I found myself reading Psalm 104 as I looked out upon the earth. It would have been next to impossible not to feel blessed - blessed to be alive and participating in breath.

I want you, too, to feel this blessing so I am bringing some of the psalm’s music to you this morning. Psalm 104 is an ancient creation hymn that gives praise to Mother Earth. It is in Wisdom that God has made all.

From Psalm 104:

“Bless the Lord, O my soul;
O Lord my God, how excellent is your greatness!
You are clothed with majesty and splendor.

You wrap yourself with light as a cloak
and spread out the heavens like a curtain.

You lay the beams of your chambers in the waters above;
you make the clouds your chariot;
you ride on the wings of the wind.

You make the winds your messengers
and flames of fire your servants.

You have set the earth upon its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken.

You covered it with the Deep as with a mantle;
the waters stood higher than the mountains…

You send the springs into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.

All the beasts of the field drink their fill from them,
and the wild asses quench their thirst.

Beside them the birds of the air make their nests
and sing among the branches.

You water the mountains from your dwelling on high;
the earth is fully satisfied by the fruit of your works…

O Lord, how manifold are your works!
in Wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.

Yonder is the great and wide sea
with its living things too many to number,
creatures both small and great…

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will praise my God while I have my being.

May these words of mine please God;
I will rejoice in the Lord…

Bless the Lord, O my soul. Hallelujah!

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