![]() For we are pilgrims, too, walking through life here on earth, looking forward to the ‘heavenly Jerusalem’ we have been promised we will be part of through Jesus Christ (Rev. ![]() That’s why this ancient ‘song of ascents’, used by pilgrims going up to Jerusalem to worship the living God, was as relevant to them as it is to us right now in 2021. Poems and songs are designed to do that, helping us connect with God in an intensely personal way, even as we sing or speak those words out as a congregation in the context of a specific circumstance and country of our own. It is wonderful to be back in the Psalms – it’s the book we can always return to and are guaranteed a spiritual lift, especially in times of trouble & trials, but it also gives voice to our praise of God in times of triumph and victory.
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