Psalm 107

I went on vacation last Thursday, and for number of various reasons (most of which are in fact simply excuses) I haven't made any postings since last Wednesday. Now today, I find myself trying to figure out exactly which psalm I'm going to read next. I settled on Psalm 107. It simply was the psalm for today in the daily lectionary.

"O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
those he redeemed from trouble
and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and the west,
from the north and the south."

I find myself somewhat surprised and yet wholly comforted by this psalm and what it proclaims - the steadfast love of the Lord. I don't think we truly step back and ponder what God's steadfast love truly is, and this psalm tells us of a deep and abiding love AND a steadfast love that won't let us delude ourselves with our won conceptions of power and security over our lives. God gathers us from all directions and miraculously turns the whole world on its head. Desert will become springs of water. Fruit orchards will become desert. And this happens because the Lord takes pity upon the lowly and the needy and gives them what they need - food for their hunger water for their thirst, and calm in their stormy seas of life.

I think that I should ponder the the steadfast love of the Lord much more often, especially since it doesn't always mean what I think it will mean.