Psalm 139: 9-10

⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn, 
       if I settle on the far side of the sea,

 ¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me, 
       your right hand will hold me fast.

It's Sunday.  For me, it began as a day of rest - recovering from an exhausting day yesterday.  I went on a 2 mile walk with Sammy, and then went off to agility class with Ellie, Kenji and Jeff.  Then onto practical matters  of dealing with creating an office space in our new home.

So much about today was uneventful and restful.  I rejoice in that.

Tonight I am remembering when I first heard a sermon preached on Psalm 139 - during Lent, many years ago.  That sermon on this psalm, changed something in me.  In the words of that psalm, I was reminded that God is with me every step of the way.  It doesn't matter where I go, where I am, what I am doing, God is there holding my hand and guiding me.  Nothing I do can be done without the presence of God.  How can I learn of such an intimate connection and not be forever changed by that knowledge?  How can I hear that even when I am at rest, I am not alone and ever think of rest as something useless and uneventful?  How can I go somewhere on a Sunday and believe I am not in a moment of prayer and connection, when the same one who created me, is with me wherever I go - even to the farthest side of the sea?

Today I am thankful for sunshine, serenity, rest - a break from the ordinary and the quiet presence of one who knows me even better than I know myself.