Prepared for Sunday, April 26, 2020
The fifteen Psalms of Ascent are placed in the Psalter after Psalm 119, Israel’s love letter to YHWH for his Torah, his instructions for life in YHWH’s mercy, grace, steadfast love, and faithfulness. (See Exodus: 34:6.)
It was a blessing to look at the Psalms of Ascent (120-134) in their triads as laid out in Toni’s lesson for 4/26/20. On our neighborhood walk today Toni suggested that the pattern–Facing Distress, Recalling God’s Power, Resting in God–would be a fitting way to review the events of our own lives as believers.