Psalm Meditation 1345 ¶Palm/Passion Sunday ¶March 29, 2026 ¶Psalm 67 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2067&version=NRSVUE ¶It is pretty easy to see all the bad and troubling things in the world, since that is what people point out to us on a regular basis. We see wars, treachery, cowardice masked by bravado, cancer, poverty, and all manner of evil surrounding us. What we tend to miss is sunrises, sunsets, the smiles of children, resilience, trees sprouting new leaves, flowers producing new blossoms and roots, and the number of things that go well for us in a normal day. We see what we expect to see and what people tell us we should see. ¶The psalmist asks God to be gracious to us and bless us. I believe we can see that God is already and continually gracious to us and blessing us, or we can see this request as a plea, as if God has forgotten to do these things in the recent past. Either way, the psalmist knows that when God’s grace and blessings come to us in a way that we can experience them for ourselves we are led to let our joy burst out in songs and other forms of praise. Any time folks become aware of God’s gracious blessings they are filled to bursting with joyful songs of praise. ¶Life is hard, and there is much to worry and fret about. We can eat ourselves up with anxiety about all that is wrong with the world around us. And we can look for evidence of God at work in the world. Looking for evidence of God at work among us does not ignore all these troubling circumstances. However, seeing God at work is a great source of hope for the present and the future.” May God continue to bless us; let all the ends of the earth revere [God]” ¶March 23, 2026 ¶LCM