When we return from a long trip away from home and loved ones, their looks of love can undo us. Maybe the time away was really hard, stressful, or lonely. We felt isolated or were exhausted by constant change. Then we get home, and something relaxes. We are finally with the people who know us best.

Home sweet home is a very true cliché. We are never more at home or more loved than in the presence of God. This relationship, like all relationships, takes tending and intention.

Psalm one hundred nineteen is the longest psalm by far, and it is a love letter from the writer to God about God’s Scriptures. The psalmist equated being looked upon with love with learning about the Bible. This is where we must go too. For the Bible is God’s love letter to humanity.