Be Still And Know

Psalm 126:1-2 NLT When the Lord brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream! We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy. And the other nations said, “What amazing things the Lord has done for them.” In the years that I travelled abroad for work, I visited exiles in refugee camps and detention centres. I felt humbled by the dignity of refugee families, but disturbed by the degree to which uprootedness had robbed them of all else. Their exile was almost always beyond their control. In exile, they were displaced and disempowered, unable to pursue a normal life because of their dependence on the actions of others. Return, if possible, offered them the only way they might pick up the threads of their lives. In one sense, as citizens of heaven, we are exiles on the earth. Yet, in reality, we find a way to fit comfortably within the constraints of this “foreign land”. As with every exile, I must seek to make peace with my environment, while never losing sight of my homeland. I want to adjust, bu