The One is Shining Forth

We may see great strides in treatments and vaccines for the pandemic and/or we may be reeling from the predicted spikes in deaths we already now see transpiring. Whether this Psalm was aspirational (written before the exile ended) or was a reflection of what was happening already, the last verse reminds us that we can keep hope even in our waiting because God’s love is steadfast, come rain or shine. A God who knows each star by name in the vastness of stars (and we know even more just how vast this is than our ancestors did), knows each of our names, knows the names of all those we have lost, knows the names of all who will come after. God’s vastness “covers” all things... all the pain, all the waiting, all the hope. So we stay in love with the God who loves us.