Thursday, February 14, 2008

Psalm 145

We pray at mealtimes:
The eyes of all look to You, O Lord,
and you give them their food at the proper time.
You open Your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.


Sometimes Jesus is referred to as "the Right Hand of the Father."

This psalm-verse obviously means that God opens up His hand to disperse His blessings of food and rain and sunshine and other blessings. But could it have another aspect too? Jesus -- the Hand of God -- was "opened" by the spear of the centurion. And that is what satisfies the desires of all people as well as all creation.

Let the water and the blood
from Thy riven side which flowed
be of sin the double cure,
cleanse me from its guilt and power.


Our eyes look to Him, and the food of His body and blood is given to us.

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