About Section Lift Up My Eyes
Why the name Lift Up My Eyes for this blog? When I was contemplating starting my own blog site, I filtered through numerous names and variations. Psalm 121 has always been a favorite of mine, as I was raised in Asheville, North Carolina, which is nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina. My high school class ring bears the inscription “levavi oculos meos in montes,” which is Latin, quoting the opening line of this Psalm “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills.” So “Lift Up My Eyes” was a name I gravitated to.
Psalm 121 is a song of ascent. It was frequently used by the Israelites making the journey to Jerusalem, known as a city on a hill. As they were making the journey, they could look up and see Jerusalem atop the mount. Symbolically, we can look upward to God, the author and finisher of our faith.
