The Dance

by Ben

I read Psalm 58-65.

I enjoy the poetic way that Eugene Peterson translated the Psalms. I just enjoy every minute of reading them. Read this aloud:

"Oh, visit the earth,
ask her to join the dance!
Deck her out in spring showers,
fill the God-River with living water.
Paint the wheat fields golden.
Creation was made for this!
Drench the plowed fields,
soak the dirt clods
With rainfall as harrow and rake
bring her to blossom and fruit.
Snow-crown the peaks with splendor,
scatter rose petals down your paths,
All through the wild meadows, rose petals.
Set the hills to dancing,
Dress the canyon walls with live sheep,
a drape of flax across the valleys.
Let them shout, and shout, and shout!
Oh, oh, let them sing!" (Psalm 65:9-13)

What a beautiful picture of the changing seasons! Calling the earth to "join the dance" - what an image of creation!