You buy another holiday, another thing, another moment of joy, and still feel that the most important piece is missing? This sermon turns to two pilgrim psalms (Ps 127 and 128) to show why a house can be built without rest and still have no happiness living in it. Rest and children are called gifts here, yet a gift by itself makes no one happy, something is required on our side. Listen if you want your home to be a place people long to come back to.
A Happy Home
On the Journey
Travel and conversation complement each other perfectly. It’s best to travel in good company, because then every journey becomes an opportunity to exchange thoughts, but also to enjoy shared silence. Summer, a time of vacations and trips, is a good time to remind ourselves that God is the most important companion on our journey-including the greatest one of all, called life. And since we’re already journeying with Him, it’s worth enjoying conversation-in addition to those moments when we’re silent and simply enjoy each other’s presence.
That is why this summer we will read a series of psalms known as the “pilgrim” or “traveling” psalms, because they were recited during the journey to Jerusalem. It is a journey through the twists and turns of life-from sorrow and loneliness to community and worship. Yet the most important thing about it is that we can walk and talk with God Himself.
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