Looking Up
Today’s scripture selection: Psalms 122-124
Key verse: Psalm 123:1
“Unto thee I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.”
I can’t say that I live in the middle of a technological whirlwind – at least not exactly.
I don’t live in a big city. I still use an old laptop, which has an operating system that is pretty outdated. I prefer typing to swiping. I still like to read a book. I’m not “opposed” to electronic/social media like some I know. I have plenty of e-books in my library. It’s just that I still like to sit down and flip open something with real pages in it. And, when it comes to needing help with my computer; my smart phone; my i-this and i-that – I – am first in line.
So, as I say, I am not exactly on the “cutting edge” of technology.
Maybe that is why I feel a little information overloaded sometimes. And why I rub my eyes, now and then, and have to turn off the electronic device I have been staring at too long.
That’s at least part of the reason that I feel the need to look elsewhere – specifically – “up”.
“Unto thee I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.”
At times like that, these words are music to my ears.
To look up – if not literally, at least spiritually speaking, and seek God’s “countenance” again (to use an old-fashioned word.)
It gives me peace to put my phone on silence; close my laptop; turn down the lights; sometimes even light a candle (of all things!)
And just be in the presence of the living God.
It’s a whole different kind of “vision” in a highly “visually oriented” age.
And I highly recommend it.
Prayer: Lord, I lift up my eyes, to you. Thank you for your abiding, loving presence. Amen.
