Psalm 131

I have calmed and quieted my soul

There is a wonderful truth in this very short Psalm of ascent.

So many people, me included, get caught up in the whirlwind of the day: politics, science, religion, psychology, education, climbing the corporate ladder, family relationships – and on and on.

There’s no end to what may cause anxiety or produce soul-crushing weights of depression or tension in life. And much of it, we have to admit, is self-inflicted. It may be helped along by others, but at the end of the day, it is our choice to let it control, smother.

Instead: Lord, I will seek the simplicity, the calmness of rest in you, on you, for you alone. I calm myself as I rest in you.

The rest: can take care of itself.

I’m at rest in you, Lord.