Church is a place for me to wind down and feel peace. People at my church are so welcoming and I love going and seeing them on most Sundays.
There are some days I do not want to get out of bed, much less go to church. This happens more often than I would like to admit. One thing that keeps me going to church is singing the psalms.
One day, I was having a particularly rough time. When it was time to sing the psalm, I discovered that it was one I had never heard before. It was psalm 8:
O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings[b]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
After singing this particular psalm, I was left in awe. It reminded me that the world is majestic because of the Lord. We have a savior who will help us overcome our pain and suffering. Just feeling the power coming from this psalm made me feel less alone. I was overpowered with joy, unlike anything in church has before. Luckily, our pastor had put the psalm on a piece of paper in our bulletin. I hung it up in my dorm room and looked at it whenever I needed strength. I am loved, just as I love the feeling the Lord provides.
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