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Yearning for Emmanuel
Beth A. Richardson | Read Psalm 80:1-7
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O come, Emmanuel, and guide us through our wilderness.
Psalm 80 is a communal lament. Commentators are not certain about when this psalm was written. It could have been from the same period as our Micah passage, or it may have been later, after the fall of Jerusalem and the...
Think about your wildernesses. Rewrite this psalm, expressing to God your yearnings for restoration and wholeness. When you have finished, read it out loud and then listen for the stirrings of the Spirit. End your meditation with the affirmation, “Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we might be saved.”
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