Psalm 65: 8-13

"You make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.
9 You visit the earth and water it,
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide the people with grain,
for so you have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
the hills gird themselves with joy,
13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing together for joy." Psalm 65:8-13

I went to a website operated by the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) from Louisville. The church operates a devotional website which I visit from time to time. Unfortunately, I haven't felt like going to the website recently. I suppose that is understandable. However, this morning, before I headed out to McDonough and the rest of the day, I stopped and pulled up the website to read it. The first passage on the devotional was Psalm 65. I began reading and this last part of the psalm really caught my heart.

In these times of trouble and loss, when it is difficult to see the sun for the dark clouds which surround us, it is perhaps very important to catch a glimpse of the beauty and bounty that God has prepared for us and continues to provide. The sunshine of the poetry and the vision of the awesome wonders in this world is something to hold on to and keep within us. We too must "shout and sing with joy."

Our path is not so hard that we cannot continue on despite the lateness of the hour and the roughness of the road.