"My soul longs for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning." Psalm 130:6
Psalm 130 is one of my favorite pieces of scripture. Not for it's sunshine and butterflies, for it is rather a sad (yet hopeful) bit of poetry. I like it because it speaks to the human condition of despair.
You can tell the writer has reached rock bottom--"Out of the depths, I cry to you-O Lord hear my voice!" He is as low as low can be.
Yet he recognizes that the Lord lifts up those who have been made low, and trusts in the Lord to forgive his sins and restore him to a good relationship with him.
So great is that trust, that he longs for it, anticipates it whole-heartedly. And then one of my favorite lines--"more than watchmen for the morning." The watchman I have in mind is me--sleepless with worry, waiting for the the light of a new dawn to replace the uncertainty of the darkness of the night of my soul.
In this Lenten period, may your soul yearn for the Lord--with hope in the promises of the Lord!
O God, I cry out to you, you hear me, and your love comforts me in the darkness of my life. Be with those who watch for the morning. Keep them courageous and hopeful. AMEN
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