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\"beech<\/a>Last week my homegroup did an SU harvest activity based around Psalm 104.\u00a0 We have done this before. I cut flowers from the garden (almost at the end of the season) and picked up some faller apples and got people to make a display.\u00a0 In doing so I learnt something about flower arranging.\u00a0 I also learnt something about Psalm 104.<\/p>\n

This psalm is a worship psalm but also praises God for his creation.\u00a0\u00a0 Psalm 104 also reminds us that God not only created our world but also nurtures and sustains it.\u00a0 It has astounding turns of phrase for example<\/p>\n

“The Lord<\/span> wraps himself in light as with a garment” v2<\/span><\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

“He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.” v13.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"pumpkins\"<\/a>Most of all Psalm 104 reminds people in the developed world to both be grateful for what we have and recognise our reliance on the natural world (and thereby God since he sustains the natural world according to this psalm).\u00a0 We have lost touch with nature.\u00a0 For Christians in the developing world in mainly agrarian societies that are only too aware of the above.\u00a0 We are not.\u00a0 If there is a crop failure the supermarkets we use simply switch to another supply.\u00a0 The price may rise but we don’t starve.\u00a0 Its not like that when you are relying on your crops for both income and food.\u00a0 Crop failures (increasingly common due to climate change) mean literally life and death.\u00a0 Maybe we in the West need to simplify our lifestyles a bit and be grateful for what we have.\u00a0 This psalm is a good reminder.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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