Life Is a Grind
Lectio Divina in Psalm 127
Silence: I hear myself aging.
Meditation: There is nothing new under the sun.
Prayer: Might this be a fruitful encounter?
Lectio: It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat, for God gives rest to his loved ones. (Psalm 127:2)
Contemplation: The grind will grind me up.
Oration: I am on a treadmill. All last weekend, I spent hours asking a question, "Can you hang?" Do you have what it takes to fill in all of the blanks and do all of the 'to do's'? I suppose I would if they stopped coming. Truth is there is always something else to keep me up at night or awaken me earlier in the morning.
It's a grind. This text says it's useless to try to hang; to buck up and get with the grind; to man up and go hard. Solutions aren't found in my stamina or strength or intellect or typing speed or the quickness with which I reply to texts or emails.
I get something to eat because God gives it to me. Everything else is useless vanity. Remembering helps me not take myself so seriously.
Incarnation:My source isn't found in the grind. It's found in God.
Silence: I hear myself aging.
Meditation: There is nothing new under the sun.
Prayer: Might this be a fruitful encounter?
Lectio: It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat, for God gives rest to his loved ones. (Psalm 127:2)
Contemplation: The grind will grind me up.
Oration: I am on a treadmill. All last weekend, I spent hours asking a question, "Can you hang?" Do you have what it takes to fill in all of the blanks and do all of the 'to do's'? I suppose I would if they stopped coming. Truth is there is always something else to keep me up at night or awaken me earlier in the morning.
It's a grind. This text says it's useless to try to hang; to buck up and get with the grind; to man up and go hard. Solutions aren't found in my stamina or strength or intellect or typing speed or the quickness with which I reply to texts or emails.
I get something to eat because God gives it to me. Everything else is useless vanity. Remembering helps me not take myself so seriously.
Incarnation:My source isn't found in the grind. It's found in God.
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