"Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I
trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my
soul unto thee." Psalm 143:8
Well I guess I could start out with explaining the title of my blog. My favorite verse has always been Psalm 143:8. There is something about the freshness of morning and instantly feeling the presence of the Lord at the start of the day that I long for. It is so easy for me to get up and start thinking about everything I need to get done that day, but what would my day be like if I woke up listening for His lovingkindness? I did a little research on what exactly lovingkindess meant, and I found that Chesed which is Hebrew for lovingkindess is the Old Testament’s highest expression for love. Lovingkindess has always stuck out as a beautiful word to me. It speaks more strongly to me than if the verse just said "cause me to hear thy love in the morning." There is a tenderness to the word. I have always pictured Christ hugging me and wrapping me in his lovingkindess when I read the verse which is funny because more searching showed that the full meaning of the word consists of three parts chet-samech-dalet. Chet means a new beginning. Samech means support and protection..God's support and protection. Maybe his is why I have felt Christ wrapping his arms around me because the word literally means Christ's protection. Dalet means a door or passageway to the attributes of Christ or the likeness of Christ. All of that in one word, how freaking cool is that?
I never really thought about how the verse says cause me to "hear" his lovingkindess until recently. Usually, I am prone to say I really want to "feel" his love in this time of my life. I can read a 1000 verses and tell myself oh that made me "feel" better, but I am not actually experiencing Christ. I want to starting listening for God's voice more. I need to give him time to speak to me...so my prayer is that I hear not just feel his lovingkindess. I found this quote that pretty much sums up how I am feeling:
" Today I need to hear God’s love beating in my ear like a child does in
the mother’s womb. The sound of the mother’s heart beats 24/7 creating a
steady rhythm of love in the unborn babies ears. "
Christ's love, support, and protection is beating in my ear all hours of the day and night. I need that steady rhythm of Christ in my life right now. I just need to stop and listen.
