Psalm 63 goes something like this: I looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory, and I knew your steadfast love was better than life.
But right before that he says, "My soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water." So I have this image, of the Psalmist, now he is in this dry and weary place, and he's looking back at his time in the sanctuary. It was there that he realized God's love was better than life, but now he's out in the dry and lonely world, and he's seeing who this God really is. He is the one whom he will praise forever, and in His name, the Psalmist will lift his hands.
I feel like this is my life. I've lived most all of my life in the sanctuary, in the cathedral. It was there that I knew that God's steadfast love was better than life. It was there that he made his dwelling in me.
But now I'm in the dry and weary land, and this time I'm not in the Cathedral, but my own heart has become the Cathedral.
God has made his dwelling among man, among us. He has called me his daughter, and is dwelling in me.
I've been reading Ephesians with my dear friend Anna, on Skype each week. My take home lesson one week was to meditate daily on Ephesians 3: 14-21. I rewrote 16-19 in this way:
"With the walls of your heart strengthened like the butresses of a cathedral, Christ will dwell in you. His voice revirbirating through all the corners of your heart. It'll be a depth and truth of love more real than anything. May his dwelling be seen by you for what it is. Wider than the farthest reaches of the earth, longer than the oceans, and higher that the ceiling of your cathedral heart. And deeper, deeper than any well or overflowing river. Know. Know this love, let it fill you past your understanding. Don't even try to grasp it, just let it fill you and spill over out of you."
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