Psalm 55-Meditation

The Lord says, "All you who are thirsty,
come and drink.
Those of you who do not have money,
come, buy and eat!
Come buy wine and milk.
You don't need money; it will cost you
nothing.
Why spend your money on something that
is not real food?
Why work for something that doesn't
really satisfy you?

You ask me to listen closely to you
and I will eat what is good
I will enjoy the food that satisfies my
soul.

The Lord says, "Your thoughts are not like
my thoughts.
Your ways are not like my ways.
Just as the heavens are higher than the
earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways.
And my thoughts are higher than your
thoughts.

Rain and snow fall from the sky.
They don't return without watering the
ground.
They cause the plants to sprout and grow.
And the plants make seeds for the
farmer.
And from these seeds people have bread
to eat.

The words I say do the same thing.
They will not return to me empty.
They make the things happen that I want
to happen.
They succeed in doing what I send them
to do.

So you will go out with joy.
You will be led out in peace.
The mountains and hills will burst into
song before you.
All the trees in the fields will clap their
hands.
Large cypress trees will grow where
thornbrushes were.
Myrtle trees will grow where weeds
were.
These things will be a reminder of the
Lord's promise.
And this reminder will never be
destroyed."