Speak to our soul to put our hope in God

Recent lockdowns in Sydney have been very challenging for a lot of us as they continue to drag on for weeks on end, with no end in sight! We've been ordered to stay at home except for essential workers and a few other exceptions. Some of us live in small places with entire families, some of us are not used to being at home all the time, some of us have not had to work and educate our children at home while they do online learning, some of us have to go to work and risk coming in contact with covid everyday, and all of us are not used to having the freedom we've so enjoyed in this country to travel, to go out on the weekends and have fun with our friends and family, to eat out at restaurants etc. For some of us, the challenge of not being able to meet together weekly as a church family and community has been one of the most discouraging and difficult challenges of this season. God took me to this psalm today as I prayed for our church. And as I read it, particularly so...