Pause & Pray: December 13, 2020

By bethanngormong, December 13, 2020

As the hand is made for holding and the eye for seeing, thou hast fashioned me for joy. Share with me the vision that shall find it everywhere: in the wild violet’s beauty; in the lark’s melody; in the face of a steadfast man; in a child’s smile; in a mother’s love; in the purity of Jesus.

Gaelic, tr. Alistair MacLean

 1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,

  then were we like those who dream.

 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy.

  Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

 3 The Lord has done great things for us,

  and we are glad indeed.

 4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,

  like the watercourses of the Negeb.  

 5 Those who sowed with tears

  will reap with songs of joy.

 6Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed,

  will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves.

-Psalm 126