Listen Hard

Good morning, Loved Ones,

Our text for today, though it may initially sound like a lamentation, is in the end a statement of trust.

Psalm 130 (The Message)

A Pilgrim Song

^1-2 Help, God—the bottom has fallen out of my life! Master, hear my cry for help!
Listen hard! Open your ears!
Listen to my cries for mercy.
^3-4 If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings,
who would stand a chance?
As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,
and that's why you're worshiped.
^5-6 I pray to God—my life a prayer—
and wait for what he'll say and do.
My life's on the line before God, my Lord,
waiting and watching till morning,
waiting and watching till morning.
^7-8 O Israel, wait and watch for God—
with God's arrival comes love,
with God's arrival comes generous redemption.
No doubt about it—he'll redeem Israel,
buy back Israel from captivity to sin.


Today I give thanks that God hears the cries of the people.

Today I give thanks that forgiveness is God's habit.

Today I give thanks that God's arrival means the arrival of love.

Today I give thanks that waiting and hope are essentially the same word in Spanish. (Esperar-Esperanza)

Today I give thanks that God is in control.

I ask for two special prayers from you today.
1) Please pray for my son's (Sam) safety as he travels back to school in Ohio on this rainy first day of September.
2) Please keep Grandview Park Church in your prayers as we go though some very significant challenges.

Friends, wait and watch for God . . . and as you wait . . . give thanks.

Peace,
Pastor Rick