You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Psalm 145: 16. (BSB).
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I’m driving to the supermarket this morning. “Don’t forget the corn chips,” my wife said. I can’t believe these snacks are £2.50 a packet. “Oh, and dips to go with them,” she requests. That's another £1.75. Goodness! Once upon a time, I recall buying crisps with a wee blue packet of salt inside for a thruppenny bit—that’s 2.5 pence in today's money in the U.K. You do the maths.
Anyway, I’m in a bit of a nostalgic mood by musing on the past. It’s this song I’m listening to in the car. It’s Runrig’s "The Ocean Road." My wife listens to their music, but I do both: I listen to the words and the music. I am a writer, and I studied English Literature when I was at university. It’s all about words for me and how they are arranged into beautiful formats.
"The Ocean Road" is a beautiful, emotive track that epitomizes the band's ability to blend folk rock with themes deeply rooted in Scottish culture and landscapes. The song appears on their 1999 album "In Search of Angels." It's a poignant reflection on the passage of time and the journey of life, highlighting themes of return, memory, and the powerful draw of home. But there’s something else; it’s about the desire to capture youth once again, to live a life once more.
I find it evokes a sense of spirituality. When I arrived home, I read Psalm 37; something I always do when feeling nostalgic due to aging. This is the Psalm that Jesus quoted when he said the "meek" or "righteous" would inherit the earth. Verse 29 reads,
“Those leading God-pleasing lives will inherit His land and settle there forever.”
I’ve often spoken to God and requested that if I am found worthy of everlasting life, and the paradise is planet Earth, “may I be on one of the Western Isles?”
Psalm 37: 29: Scripture taken from The Voice™. Copyright © 2012 by Ecclesia Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Ocean Road: Runrig - The Ocean Road - Live