“1 When Israel came out of Egypt —

the house of Jacob from a people

who spoke a foreign language —

2 Judah became His sanctuary,

Israel, His dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills, like lambs.

5 Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Jordan, that you turned back?

6 Mountains, that you skipped like rams?

Hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turned the rock into a pool of water,

the flint into a spring of water.”

Psalm 114

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Read this again, a second time, but a little more slowly, letting the imagery take shape in your mind & heart.

Read it a third time, piece by piece, phrase by phrase & linger on what is being said.

Read it a fourth and final time, and make it your prayer to begin your Sunday morning.