Psalm Meditation 482
Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
September 13, 2009

Psalm 117
1 Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
2 For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!
(NRSV)

For as long as there have been books folks have been writing about how much God loves us. Even in the times during which the emphasis has been on God’s judgment, someone has written about how much God loves us and how faithful and steadfast God is about sharing that love with each one of us. There have been volumes written and there is still more to write as we continue to discover new ways in which God loves us. The psalmist realizes that to go into detail is not necessary. It is enough to invite us to offer our praise and leave the details of that praise to each one of us.

Today, throughout this week and into the rest of our lives we do well to keep our eyes, hearts and lives open to the ways God invites is into relationships based in the steadfast love of God. As we experience God’s love for us we may find that we more readily accept the invitation of the psalmist to praise the LORD.

© September 7, 2009