Some of the Psalms use nature as imagery to describe God's power...

Beloved of God,

    I want to remind you first of all that we are celebrating the Lord’s Supper together this Sunday. If you will not be here in person, you may pick up the elements at the church this Saturday from 9am to Noon. If you need them delivered to you, please call the church at 505.672.9764.
    I’ve been thinking about some of the Psalms that use imagery from nature to describe God’s power. I blame the Medio Fire and Psalm 104 for that. We have another Psalm in our readings this Sunday that does that. Psalm 29 feels like a storm. I love that the Psalmist looked at something like a violent storm, ripping through the Northern forests and flashes of lighting on the mountain and was able to look through those powerful forces and see the God of Israel. And yet this Monday we also had in our Psalm readings Psalm 23, one of the most tender pictures of God in all of scripture; God as shepherd. We have also this week Psalm 24 in which God is hailed as King of Glory. All three of these Psalms come out of the collection that we trace to David. I wonder how it is that one man could be so aware of God in so many different circumstances. I tend to settle into habits where I think about God as either Shepherd, or King, or the booming Voice in a storm, but very rarely all three at once.
    We may do well to remember that the way we imagine God might be too small if we can’t hold some of these images together at the same time. And it may be encouraging to note that if we don’t know how, we have a lifetime of discipleship in which to figure out how to do just that and the wisdom of the Psalms to guide us.

Please join me in praying this week for :
*     The family of Dick Basinger
*     Those working to serve our community in our schools
*     Lorelei Hayward and her family as she continues to recover from surgery
*     Those seeking refuge from and fighting the fires on the west coast
*     Our missionaries to Oaxaca (the Joneses) and West Africa (the Blakes)
*     Those working to keep others well in this pandemic like doctors, nurses, first responders and others
*     Those in positions of public trust at the federal, state, and local levels
*     Students navigating school remotely and at home
*     Parents of young students
*     Those who may be lonely, isolated, or afraid in the midst of COVID-19
*     Each other (email [email protected] if you’d like to be added to the prayer list)

You are the salt of the earth; you are the light of the world,
Marshall