Psalm 102:11 (NRSV)
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Verse 11My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
Devotion
Powerful images are one of the many gifts of the Bible. These images help us understand life, death and our God. That our lives are like “grass” is one of those images. This psalm reinforces this image with that of an “evening shadow.” The point is clear. We may not like to think of ourselves as mere grass or a brief shadow; but the truth is our lives are fragile and short, even if we make it to the magic age of 100 as more people now do. Thanks be to God that, mere shadows though we are, the God in whom we trust is eternal. Through the Cross of God’s Son, we have been won for eternity.
Prayer
Creator God, you have made us as we are, with lives fragile and brief like shadows in the evening. Help us, we pray, to live confidently despite our human condition, knowing that in Christ we can share eternity with you. Amen.