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Year Two, Day 6: Thank God for Rain!

Yesterday hit at least 90°Fahrenheit. I woke bathed in sweat about 4:00 a.m. and opened my window. Ah, what a relief to feel the cool air gently weaving through the window. It smells fresh and damp. The birds are chirping merrily from the big tree in the backyard.

I looked looked up the weather forecast just now: High of 64,cloudy with a 64% chance of Rain! Yay! Happy dance!!

I have a busy teaching day, beginning with early morning Mass and ending with a rehearsal for the Mozart requiem. So I had best get vertical!

But first, a few lines from my psalm of the day. Psalm 40.  This psalm is fitting for me. I have felt like I have been in the "pit" before. It has only been by the grace of God that He extended his loving hand and pulled my sorry self out.  And then when the storm passes and I am comfortable, I usually go back to my self involved ways.

I think I am learning, slowly to trust in God and be humble. This life is so short, as Psalm 39 pointed out, my psalm of the day yesterday.

I leave you with the verses 1-6 of Psalm 40 today. I reread verse 6 several times this morning. It is so poetic and fills my heart with joy!

Psalm 40: 1-6
from The Revised Grail Psalms, A Liturgical Psalter

1. For the Choirmaster. Of David. A Psalm.
2. I waited, I waited for the Lord,
and He stooped down to me;
He heard my cry.
3. He drew me from the deadly pit,
from the miry clay.
He set my feet upon a rock,
made my footsteps firm.

4. He put a new song into my mouth,
praise of our God. 
Many shall see and fear
and shall trust in the Lord.

5. Blessed be the man who has placed
his trust in the Lord,
and has not gone over to the proud
who follow false gods.

6. How man, O Lord my God,
are the wonders and designs
that you have worked for us;
You have no equal .
Should I wish to proclaim or speak of them,
they would be more than I could tell!

Happy Saturday!

Thank God for the rain! :)

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