D: Good morning, Vicki.
V: Good morning, Don.
D: Do you know why reading Power for Today is good for us?
V: Is it because the authors always have a great thought from the Bible?
D: That's part of it.  It's also because it reminds us every day that we are dependent on the Lord for our power.
V: You're right.  In this morning's reading, the authors say that Psalm 131 "draws on" (or takes its idea from) the words of a mother praying.
D: The mother is trying to comfort her child and at the same time trusting God to help her.
V: Right.  The authors say that we can almost hear a woman's voice expressing "utter' (or total) dependence on God.
D: We're like the child that returns to the mother's "bosom for nurture" (which means the mother's breast for tender care).
V: Not only will the child find food, the child also finds reassurance and "tranquility" (or peace).
D: And we keep going to the Lord for the same things over and over again.
V: I think this is the authors' point.
D: In today's reading, it says that there are things too great for "comprehension" (or understanding).
V: Yes, so "cautiously, she quiets herself."  Does that part make sense?
D: Well, I think it means that the mother remembering that God is beyond human understanding, slowly and in a quiet way brings peace to herself.
V: That makes sense.  Finally, today's authors tell us all to trust in God with this same child likeness and quiet "resolve" (or strength).
D: This is how we get the peace that the world can't understand.
V: Amen!  Well, need to start another day.  God bless yours.