I think I’ve written on this psalm at least four times. You can read those here, here, here and here. But the lessons it contains keep coming back, and after I wrote on hope a few Sundays ago, I realized Psalm 131 had more to say about that. Here is another meditative reflection:

Hope is a heart unpuffed,
Eyes undistracted by lofty pursuits.

Rather – Hope is a peaceful trust,
Content in the bosom of the Father,
Hearing His heartbeat,
Aligning its will with His.

Hope has many faces –

Straining expectancy,
Full of confidence in future joy.

Steadfast waiting
In the present dimness,
The fog of a weary world.

And this –
Childlike trust,
Admitting its inability
To untangle life’s problems,
Yet knowing the One
Who will make all things right.