"The God Pause Daily Devotional" from The Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States for Tuesday, 11 October 2016 Psalm 121

"The God Pause Daily Devotional" from The Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States for Tuesday, 11 October 2016 Psalm 121
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Psalm 121:(0) A song of ascents:
(1) If I raise my eyes to the hills,
from where will my help come?
2 My help comes from Adonai,
the maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip —
your guardian is not asleep.
4 No, the guardian of Isra’el
never slumbers or sleeps.
5 Adonai is your guardian; at your right hand
Adonai provides you with shade —
6 the sun can’t strike you during the day
or even the moon at night.
7 Adonai will guard you against all harm;
he will guard your life.
8 Adonai will guard your coming and going
from now on and forever.[Complete Jewish Bible]
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From where does my help come? This is a question that at some point we all probably find ourselves asking. Today my family made our first outing on our family trip to Rome; help came there in the form of a wonderful Italian grandmother who helped us get on the correct train to buy our Roma Passes. I've been with parishioners in the hospital for whom help has come in the form of a loving spouse, a kind nurse or a knowledgeable surgeon. On a recent mission trip with our youth help came from a dozen different people who guided and helped us find our way and worked alongside us as our neighbors. In my experience, God provides us with the help we seek in and through the love and care of our neighbors each and every day. What a gift it is for us that God comes to work through us so that we are able to share Christ with each other as helping hands!
God of the ordinary and the extraordinary, guide our living and loving that we might reflect your love in the care of our neighbor. Amen.
Brian Hansen, '05
Pastor, St. John Lutheran Church, Fargo, N.D. 
Psalm 121:1 I lift up my eyes to the hills-- from where will my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
8 The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. [New Revised Standard Version]
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