Sunday Psalms;

A pilgrimige song.

I raise my eyes toward the mountains. 

Where will my help come from?

My help comes from the LORD, 

the maker of heaven and earth.  

Psalms 121:1-2 CEB

This song is labelled "A song of ascents", the CEB used the word pilgrimage.

"ma alah"

Definition: Ascent, step, stair, elevation, degree.

It's about the act of stepping up, going on an upward journey, a pilgrimige.

Let's try to hold these ideas of ascent, pilgrimige.

"I raise my eyes towards the mountains" takes on a destination or a place of retreat where the writer is heading, a high place, a place of safety.

And as he is looking up, raising his gaze from the everyday putting one foot in front of another, he asks himself the question:

"Where will my help come from?"

Is it all going to be OK when I get to the mountain, the high place, get away from here?

Is it all going to be OK when I stop and rest at my destination?

"My help comes from the LORD, 

the maker of heaven and earth."

There's a Bigger Story here that the writer is part of. Whether he makes it to the mountains or not, whether the earthly "destination" is achieved or not, he is held by the "maker of heaven and earth".

Our story is held in the Big Story. 

Our story of good, fun, joy, success, failure, sorrow, sadness, loss. Our story, wherever we are right now, is held.

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