Night watch

On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 63:67

 
Lying awake in the middle of the night it’s often the anxieties we think about, rehearsing all the worst-case scenarios of things going wrong. The Psalm poet knows better. Instead of putting his head under the duvet to shut out a worrying world, he already knows he is under the protective shade of God’s surrounding care. There is a healing wisdom underlying that practice of turning from our own anxieties to a rehearsal of God’s overshadowing mercy.

 Grace and peace,

Anita Sorenson
Pastor for Spiritual Formation