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August 9 - Psalm 126 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Friday.
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  Happy Friday to you. It is the 9th of the 8th.
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  It is the day after International Infinity Day.
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  Does that mean that we somehow snuck around the side of the
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  space time continuum and here we are on the other side of
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  Infinity? Wow.
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  Hello friend. You look awfully intergalactic
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  today. I hope you are going well and
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  that at the end of this week you have got a moment to breathe as
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  you look ahead to the weekend and as we do every Friday, we
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  read a Psalm together and we are continuing up that most
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  excellent and long, long hill leading up to Jerusalem.
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  I wonder if any of you have climbed Mount Fuji.
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  It is a weird experience. It's like 3600 metres and the
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  whole way up you can see the beginning and you can see the
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  end. So it doesn't really look like
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  you're going anywhere. And you walk for hours and hours
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  and the the destination doesn't seem any closer up ahead and the
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  origin doesn't seem any further down below.
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  And you just keep walking through the night.
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  Eventually you get there. So that's good.
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  So eventually we will get to Jerusalem, but we are still
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  pilgrims ascending up that hill to Jerusalem.
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  So this is another one of these psalms.
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  It's brief and we will read these words, sing this hymn,
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  share this poem together with Saints throughout time as we
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  read together Psalm 126, when the Lord brought back his
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  exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream.
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  We were filled with laughter and we sang for joy, and the other
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  nations said what amazing things the Lord has done for them.
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  Yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us.
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  What joy restore our fortunes, Lord.
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  As streams renew the desert, those who plant in tears will
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  harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant
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  their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.
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  Ah Lord, thank you for these words of encouragement, that
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  even though when we do the hard work for your Kingdom, it can
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  feel so tricky, like we are weeping bitter tears.
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  But here you tell us that what work gets done in your Kingdom
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  is never lost and will grow by the miraculous presence of your
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  spirit and do incredible things with you and for your Kingdom.
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  So we just take heart and we continue to live as your
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  servants, doing the small things that you put in front of us and
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  ask us to do so that you can do miraculous things with them and
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  bring about a great harvest for your Word.
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  Because a harvest for Your Word means, Lord, that more people
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  get to live in the sure knowledge of Your love and
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  forgiveness for them. And that is the transformative
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  truth that we wish our world could grasp and be truly
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  transformed by. We love You, and we are grateful
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  for your forgiveness and your undeserved lavish love that you
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  give us. We pray all of this in your
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  name, Jesus, Amen.