By Elaine Knudtson
“I lift up my eyes unto the hills. From whence does my help come from?” Ps.121:1-2
God’s ultimate purpose is to restore us to fellowship with him so we can live in the fullness of joy intended for us at creation. We lose our focus by the unpredictability of life’s circumstances. Sin and unbelief make us susceptible to alienation from our source, but Jesus came to reconnect us to the eternal and invite us back into joy. When we look at the faithfulness and love or our unchanging God, we can delight in the beauty of this life and experience his pleasure. “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.” (Rom 11:36)
The Source
Ice floats under the bridge, escaping the snow-capped Rockies on its journey to the ocean,
Ever changing, ever the same, the flow of time from the source to the destination;
Alpha and Omega eternally linked by the living water.
I stand at a single moment, susceptible to the forces of change,
Helpless to affect the flow.
“I lift my eyes unto the hills from whence does my help come?”
Time scars the riverbed and distracts my focus, but at this moment,
I stand above the circumstances, delighting in the privilege of being present in the now.
Contemplative Pilgrims 