Reading meditations on the great Psalms today! I liked this monk priest take on one of my favorite songs by those passionate crazy sons of Korah, who made the places they were like springs! (84)
Blessed are those “whose hearts are the highways to Zion! Passing through the valley of Baca (dryness, death) they make it a spring. The early rain also covers it (and them) with blessings. They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them (already) appears before God in Zion! So, they confess constantly and praise without ceasing. So they bless others as guides as they go towards that place of His Presence.” Bless the priest who are going further into His Forest, so we can see a clear path into that Holy Place in God, and walk already there with our feet now, here on the muddy earth. “Better to even be on the threshold of Your Presence, than anywhere else!” Psalm 84 (The sons of Korah seemed like wild priest to me; they are always so intensely passionate about being near and in the actual living Presence of God; like they would do anything just to be near the threshold of the Temple! I like these guys! They refused anything less, like Jacob wrestling for the blessing; at least that’s the tone of their songs which rings true to me! Their hearts were highways into Zion!)