#Living Psalm 27_Cook for Second Sunday in Lent March 16, 2025

There is another song of praise
that clings to the last note of faith
that there's no fear in love. 
Perfect love, that old song goes,
casts out fear. O Light of Love, what do we fear?

The list is too long and 
there is so much to grieve. 
That could be all we talk about when
we pray. We could expound upon our fears
and let them pile up: fear on top of fear,
grief upon grief. Towering over
us so that it feels like there's 
nothing else in this world.

We lift our voices, together,
not just to despair but to praise. 
To see your face nodding,
revealing that perfect love,
whispering to us, ever so gently, 
"I know. I know."

Praise in the doubt.
Praise through the worry.
Praise in the midst of all that is uncertain.
Praise for what we will never understand
but we so want to believe.
Praise of the faith you find in us
and that love that might 
just cast our fears.

When so much is uncertain 
and fear overwhelms, we will praise
that you are not the root of our fears.
Let this song of praise
echo through all the chambers 
of our hearts. Let us 
sing of your salvation
together.