Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Bless the Lord, O my soul.
O Lord my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
wrapped in light as with a garment.”
NL Daily Devotion for Tuesday, January 11, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
I love the imagery of clothing in this psalm. God is clothed in light, God clothes the earth with a garment of sea. Personally, I connect with this imagery because I make a lot of my own clothes. There’s something about the creative act of putting together things that I will wear on my body, things that express who I am. It has always felt spiritual to me and now, reading this psalm, maybe I understand why.
God clothes all of creation with beauty, ourselves included. Not in the outer garments we put on, but in our very bodies. Sometimes it can be hard to recognize our inherent beauty when we are daily bombarded with marketing images telling us what we “should” look like. These images are false and damaging. Let us remember that we are all “fearfully and wonderfully made,” an expression of who God is.
Do I believe I am beautiful as I am? How do I express my God-given beauty?