Sunday Psalms:

Turn us again to yourself,

O Lord God of Heaven's Armies.

Make your face shine down upon us.

Only then will we be saved.

Psalms 80:19 NLT

Asaph's song notes it's to be sung to the tune of "Lillies of the Covenant". 

Some of the rhythm of the song may be lost in English but it tells a story and has this refrain of asking the God of Heaven's Armies to step in, to make things right. 

Asaph isn't after compassion or love, but military action, enemies defeated, big movement, God entering into the story with POWER. 

It feels like God has turned away.

"Our enemies treat us like a joke" v6.

Again and again in this song the singers, the community, ask God to shine His Face on them. 

 What can we take from this song?

Maybe as you read it, the images relate to something you're suffering or struggling with.

This song says it's OK not to be OK with events in the world, the actions of others, injustice, oppression, when things are not right. 

It's OK to name those things.

It's OK to name how we feel about them.

And it's OK to bring them to God in any way we need to right now. 

Even turn our thoughts and feelings into a song for the community, even one with a popular tune, because we need one another when we're not OK. 

We are the "Lillies of the Covenant", even when we're not OK.

#Psalms

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#itsOKnottobeOK

#inthistogether 

#youareBeloved