The Green Light At the End of the Dock

Check out this portion of my daughter's blog:

"baby eyes and an open heart. a free spirit and a longing for adventure.dying to explore this big, big world.i have become the most restless being ever.i'm worse than a ghost caught in a haunted house,a sparrow trapped in a cage.a prisoner with his hands through the bars in his cell. slaves escaping in the dead of night for freedom. where is the relief for such a restless spirit?in this big, big world.

we walk through this life trying to find a light in the dark to guide our stumbling feet. the green light at the end of the dock on the other side of the water. a reason to keep ourselves alive.it seems i haven't found mine yet,but it's somewhere in this big, big world.

it seems i haven't found mine yet,but it's somewhere in this big, big world. am i too occupied, or not occupied enough?i am trapped beneath a life that i know i don't want. the big blue sky is my limit, and i can do anything.i want to reach for it and run for it and jump into it so i don't have to live this mousetrap of a life that i am living. cut the chains, set me free.free to explore this big, big world"

The green light at the end of the dock is an obvious reference to The Great Gatsby. It breaks my heart to read of her longing for something more.

Then I turn to today's Lectionary. The morning Psalm is Psalm 84:

Psalm 84
How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.

Happy are those who live in your house,ever singing your praise.

Selah

Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.

They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob!
Selah

Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield;he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk uprightly.

O LORD of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.

My daughter is yearning for something more - something bigger. The truth is, all of us need a green light at the end of the dock. Unlike Gatsby, however, the Someone we need most is not beyond our reach. In fact, that Someone reaches out to us with steadfast love, and offers to fulfill our deepest longings.