Be Still And Know

Psalm 44:1 NLT 'O God, we have heard it with our own ears – our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago.' I was recently explaining to a young priest why my  train fares were discounted due to my senior railcard. Joking about my age and its benefits, he added other attributes that are to be appreciated that can come with age, including wisdom. Of course, getting old doesn’t automatically result in greater wisdom, but it can help. There is a great wisdom accumulated over centuries by the Church and its members. In my youth, I was often dismissive of those who had passed through life ahead of me. I assumed my skin-deep understanding of God and his ways was sufficient for me. Understanding is not built upon dismissing those who have passed through life before us. While I might construct a different perspective on history in contrast to earlier historians, I am not in a position simply to ignore their disciplined efforts in interpreting the past. Even though the Spirit still speaks to