Friday, October 17, 2025

Reflection - Psalm 102:1-12 - The Maker of Mountains

Source (book): "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Psalm 102:1-12, "The Maker of Mountains", Page 140.
By Vernon Grounds, Our Daily Bread Writer
 

Psalm 102:1-12
PHOTO: Psalm 102:1-12
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry for help come to you.
 
Do not hide your face from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.

For my days vanish like smoke;
my bones burn like glowing
embers (residue).
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
I forget to eat my food.
Because of my loud groaning
I am reduced to skin and bones.
I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
I lie awake; I have become
like a bird alone on a roof.
All day long my enemies taunt me;
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
For I eat ashes as my food
and mingle my drink with tears
because of your great wrath,
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
My days are like the evening shadow;
I wither away like grass.

But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever;
your
renown (fame) endures through all generations.


The Maker of Mountains
The Bible uses vivid imagery to express the brevity (shortness) of our life on earth. Job said that his days were "swifter than a runner" and "they skim past like boats of papyrus (short stem of a water plant)" (Job 9:25-26).

I recall preaching at the funeral service of a young mother. From where I stood, I could see the Rocky Mountains towering over the western horizon. The scene prompted me to consider how I will one day follow that friend through the valley of the shadow of death, and yet those peaks will still be thrusting themselves skyward. Eventually they will crumble into dust, but the God who made them will exist forever in undiminished glory. I also remember thinking that my deceased friend and I will, by God's grace, live with Him forever and ever.

Whenever we are troubled by the shortness of life and the
impermanence (lasting limited period of time) of everything in this world, let's remember the Maker of the mountains. He has always been and will always be. As the psalmist said, "You, O Lord, sit enthroned forever" (Psalm 102:12).

That truth inspires us with hope. If by faith we belong to Jesus Christ the Savior, who is from everlasting to everlasting, we will one day rejoice in heaven in unending praise to Him.
- Vernon Grounds
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Psalm 102:1-12
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry for help come to you.
 
Do not hide your face from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.

For my days vanish like smoke;
my bones burn like glowing
embers (residue).
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
I forget to eat my food.
Because of my loud groaning
I am reduced to skin and bones.
I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
I lie awake; I have become
like a bird alone on a roof.
All day long my enemies taunt me;
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
For I eat ashes as my food
and mingle my drink with tears
because of your great wrath,
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
My days are like the evening shadow;
I wither away like grass.

But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever;
your
renown (fame) endures through all generations.


But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever;
PHOTO: But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever;
your renown
(fame) endures through all generations.
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The Bible uses vivid imagery to express the brevity (shortness) of our life on earth. Job said that his days were "swifter than a runner" and "they skim past like boats of papyrus (short stem of a water plant)" (Job 9:25-26).


The Bible uses vivid imagery to express the brevity (shortness) of our life on earth.
PHOTO: The Bible uses vivid imagery to express the brevity (shortness) of our life on earth. Job said that his days were "swifter than a runner" and "they skim past like boats of papyrus (short stem of a water plant)" (Job 9:25-26).
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I recall preaching at the funeral service of a young mother. From where I stood, I could see the Rocky Mountains towering over the western horizon. The scene prompted me to consider how I will one day follow that friend through the valley of the shadow of death, and yet those peaks will still be thrusting themselves skyward. Eventually they will crumble into dust, but the God who made them will exist forever in undiminished glory. I also remember thinking that my deceased friend and I will, by God's grace, live with Him forever and ever.


I recall preaching at the funeral service of a young mother.
PHOTO: I recall preaching at the funeral service of a young mother. From where I stood, I could see the Rocky Mountains towering over the western horizon. The scene prompted me to consider how I will one day follow that friend through the valley of the shadow of death, and yet those peaks will still be thrusting themselves skyward. Eventually they will crumble into dust, but the God who made them will exist forever in undiminished glory. I also remember thinking that my deceased friend and I will, by God's grace, live with Him forever and ever.
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Whenever we are troubled by the shortness of life and the
impermanence (lasting limited period of time) of everything in this world, let's remember the Maker of the mountains. He has always been and will always be. As the psalmist said, "You, O Lord, sit enthroned forever" (Psalm 102:12).


Whenever we are troubled by the shortness of life and the impermanence (lasting limited period of time) of everything in this world, let's remember the Maker of the mountains.
PHOTO: Whenever we are troubled by the shortness of life and the impermanence (lasting limited period of time) of everything in this world, let's remember the Maker of the mountains. He has always been and will always be. As the psalmist said, "You, O Lord, sit enthroned forever" (Psalm 102:12).
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That truth inspires us with hope. If by faith we belong to Jesus Christ the Savior, who is from everlasting to everlasting, we will one day rejoice in heaven in unending praise to Him.
- Vernon Grounds

 

Dear Lord
PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we pray that as the psalmist said that the Lord sits enthroned forever, may this truth inspire us with hope. If by faith we belong to Jesus Christ the Savior, who is from everlasting to everlasting, may we will one day rejoice in heaven in unending praise to Him.

Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen."
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Reference
[1] From "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Copyright @ 2009 by Discovery House Publishers, Psalm 102:1-12, "The Maker of Mountains", Page 140.

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