Psalm 146

Psalm 146

Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

I will praise the Lord all my life;

    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Do not put your trust in princes,

    in human beings, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

    on that very day their plans come to nothing.

Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,

    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

He is the Maker of heaven and earth,

    the sea, and everything in them—

    he remains faithful forever.

He upholds the cause of the oppressed

    and gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets prisoners free,

     the Lord gives sight to the blind,

the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,

    the Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches over the foreigner

    and sustains the fatherless and the widow,

    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

The Lord reigns forever,

    your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.

I admit that today I have felt very bowed down. Every where I turn, new responsibilities await. There is not enough time in the day nor enough space in my brain to remember everything.

I feel torn because in caring for my in person students, I neglect my remote students. In caring for my remote students, I neglect my in person students. All the while I neglect my self because I spend hours and hours working and trying to plan for the unknowable. 

The coming days promise to bring challenges. These challenges are weighing me down tonight as I feel burdened by the responsibility of them all. 

With every day comes uncertainty...and I dearly love a plan. I want to know and plan for how to help my students - but I am left planning for contingencies instead.

I long for COVID to be a foreign memory...I long to be back in my classroom without a mask and without the fears and burdens weighing me down tonight. 

I long for His power and strength. I pray  for His guidance. I pray that He will sustain me as I walk through all of the unknowns that lie ahead.

Therefore, let me praise Him. For surely, I am not alone. Surely, He continues to watch over me. He will continue to lead and guide me because He does indeed reign forevermore. 

He is watching over me. 

Praise the Lord, oh my soul.