Psalm 107, Part 1: A Lectio Divina

Welcome friends to the first part of psalm 107 I invite you to take a deeper breath and to gather yourself into this moment as you step over the threshold into this deluxio divina can anything fall away the demands the requirements the to-do lists to be present to your body your heart your spirit and to be present to the love of the beloved who wants to meet you in these words I'm going to read all of the words through once and then focus in on a few verses twice more the first part of psalm 107 we give thanks to you who are the source of love whose light shines forth throughout the universe come awaken our hearts that we might do your work for without you we can do nothing it is your love that loves through us gather us from all the lands from the east and west from the south and north let all who are hungry and thirsty whose souls are faint within them cry out to the most merciful to give them succor to nourish them with healing love for fear cannot live where love grace and gentleness abide enter into the great silence where you may hear the voice of the beloved who satisfies the hungry soul and quenches the thirsty with streams of living water yes attune yourselves to the small still voice within stay tuned to your heart's center for through your inner being truth and wisdom are heard the resource to break bonds is found there too has no one ever told you that truth is written on the scrolls of your heart that the beloved dwells therein Oh peoples of the light awaken to the knowledge that lives within you come out of the darkness and gloom break through the fears that hold you prisoner do you not know your destiny is to be a light unto the world a bearer of peace and harmony Oh let your light shine as a very of the radiant one's own light I'm going to read a few of these verses twice more and on this first reading notice any of the words or phrases that capture your attention for fear cannot live where love grace and gentleness abide enter into the great silence where you may hear the voice of the beloved who satisfies the hungry soul and quenches the thirsty with streams of living water and on this final reading let those words or phrases that have captured your attention bring the fullness of their gift is there a response that you want to make is there an invitation how are they moving your spirit and your heart what encouragement and hope do they bring you at this time for fear cannot live where love grace and gentleness abide enter into the great silence where you may hear the voice of the beloved who satisfies the hungry soul and quenches the thirsty with streams of living water beloved friends do return to the whole of the psalm do return to those few verses may they continue to bring their gift to bring you encouragement may your soul be satisfied may you be quenched with living water may you know peace and rest and goodness amen