Saturday, August 11, 2001
Saturday, August 11, 2001
Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.
Jimmy Stewart was one of Hollywood's most loved and most respected actors. According to
all accounts, Stewart's character and integrity were byproducts of being raised by loving and
honorable parents. He himself once wrote of his father's wise and loving advice to him before
Jimmy went off to fight in World War II. In a letter, Alex Stewart wrote, "My dear Jim boy,
Soon after you read this letter, you will be on your way to the worst sort of danger . . . I am
banking on the enclosed copy of the 91st Psalm. The thing that takes the place of fear and worry
is the promise of these words . . . I can say no more . . . I love you more than I can tell you.
Dad." Part of the 91st Psalm reads, "For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in
all thy ways."
(Psalm 25:4
NRSV)
In spite of our prosperity, in spite of our attractive homes, we have a free floating fear about the
future. This fear goes beyond concerns about terrorism, the environment and social security.
Could
it be that we are afraid because of our spiritual poverty? We are afraid because of an emptiness
within a longing a God-shaped void that has never been adequately filled?
Dear God, caste away my fears as I keep your ways close to my heart. Amen.
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