Rev. Ray and Pat Amos

Psalm 84:1

DEVOTION FOR TODAY, August 5, 2019

“How amiable are thy tabernacles, O lord of hosts!”

I see some places that give me a sense of splendor and some whose beauty is inspiring. Amiable is something else. It is a heart’s tug from the old home places where a person found love and acceptance; a place where memories were made and collected as treasures of the heart. Amiable is the place of worship from the little church in the wildwood to the tall steeple city church. It is where the magnetic power of love draws us near to God and each other.

Yesterday a man visited with us at church. He had come from a great distance back to the home of his childhood. Elizabethton had changed in many ways, but the place of worship brought him joyful memories.

Once at another church we had just finished worship when a stranger came in and wept. “Everything has changed,” she said. She had been away many years, and had returned to a town that she wanted to be the same as it once was. “Can I just sit in here a few minutes,” she asked; and for a little while she was in the unchanging and amiable walls of God’s house.

The view of our town with the mountains and valley in the background, and the steeples from churches is comforting to the heart on any day. It is both always changing and never changing (Just like life). Each time I go to the church there is a beautiful view of a town that seems to never change, and yet the view is always different because of clouds, sunshine, and the atmosphere around it. No matter what the atmosphere, sunny, dreary, cloudless or stormy; I look at our church, and give thanks for an unchanging God. “How amiable are thy tabernacles, O lord of hosts!”

Grace and Peace, Rev Ray

“Link to YouTube Video – Psalm 84 Song “How Lovely is Your Tabernacle”