Psalm Meditation 1189 ¶Palm/Passion Sunday ¶April 2, 2023 ¶Psalm 61 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+61&version=NRSVUE (NRSV) ¶There are a couple of good things about being on the highest point in an area. For one, we can look down on people and things, and by look down I mean we can stand in judgement of them as if being higher somehow makes us superior to them. In a favorite movie quote an admiral snaps at a captain, “You are addressing a superior officer.” to which the captain responds, “No, just a higher ranking one.” Standing over someone does not automatically make you superior. ¶The other good point about being on the highest point is the ability to look on a grand vista in awe of all that God has created and assembled into this one wonder-filled place. Knowing that we are in the presence of God keeps us from believing that any height makes us better than anyone or anything that is currently in a lower place. When God is our refuge we are prevented from letting a high position of any kind give us permission to look down on anyone with whom we come in contact. ¶If all those in high places allow God to appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to keep watch the world would be a different place. Folks would not rule, legislate, or administer in order to get their own way. They would use their high positions to see that the rights of as many people as possible are respected and protected. The faint of heart could be lifted up and the overly proud could be kept in check by God’s steadfast love and faithfulness at work in the lives of each of us. ¶March 27, 2023 ¶LCM