Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.”
NL Daily Devotion for Monday, February 12, 2024
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
Where is the house of the Lord? It’s all around us all the time! It’s the abundant and beautiful natural world! As Henry David Thoreau wrote, “Heaven is beneath our feet as well as over our heads.” We need not be in the holy of holies in the temple in Jerusalem to fully encounter God in all we see and experience. If we just stop, breathe deeply, and open our minds and hearts to God’s presence, we find that we are there, no matter our physical surroundings. How incredible is that?
Where do I most profoundly experience the presence of God?
