Daily Lesson for March 6, 2018

Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Psalm 78 verses 1 through 7:

1 Hear my teaching, O my people; 

incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable; 

I will declare the mysteries of ancient times.

3 That which we have heard and known,

and what our forefathers have told us, 

we will not hide from their children.

4 We will recount to generations to come

the praiseworthy deeds and the power of the Lord,  and the wonderful works he has done.

5 He gave his decrees to Jacob

and established a law for Israel, 

which he commanded them to teach their children;

6 That the generations to come might know,

and the children yet unborn; 

that they in their turn might tell it to their children;

7 So that they might put their trust in God, 

and not forget the deeds of God,

but keep his commandments.

I just finished reading Rosa Parks’s autobiography “Quiet Strength”. She begins the book by quoting a Psalm about being not afraid and then speaking of her grandfather’s own courageous and determined strength. Mrs. Parks’s grandfather died long before his granddaughter would change the country. He had no idea what strength he was inspiring nor what strength it in turn would inspire.

Life is like that; one generation inspires the next — handing down a faith and a substance long hoped for yet unrevealed. As the hymn so eloquently says:

There's a song in every silence,

seeking word and melody;

there's a dawn in every darkness,

bringing hope to you and me.

From the past will come the future;

what it holds, a mystery,

unrevealed until its season,

something God alone can see.

God alone could see little Rosa’s future in the eyes of her grandfather’s presence.

Only God can know what future we hold in our arms today as we lift a child above our shoulders in the classroom, the gym floor, or the nursery. 

Only God can know and it must bring Her great delight.