Psalm 119m
The "wicked" are always somebody else. Couldn't be you or I. We're so civil. What if our assumption is a false hope? What if hate is crouching at our hearts' door? https://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv2011/Ps119.113
Psalm 119l
An illuminated screen serves as a lantern to find my children in the darkness. Beyond specifications it discovers my sleeping heart. https://ref.ly/Ps119.105-109;hcsb
Psalm 119k
Nothing is moored to the dock. The tethers are all frayed from the constant inconsistencies. Or does the port no longer reach the sea? https://ref.ly/Ps119.89-96;hcsb
Psalm 119j
A thin communion wafer, I feel like a drop of anything might dissolve me altogether. But grace reconstitutes. https://ref.ly/Ps119.81-88;nlt
Psalm 119i
I spend hours trying to erase around the edges, rarely thinking of how I'm being filled in. Brushes and palletes are consequential. It's the artist that matters. Psalm 119:73-80
Psalm 119h
Claim to own a thing and it can claim you back to master you. Grace claims you and turns you loose to win you. https://ref.ly/Ps119.57-64
Psalm 119g
Snake oil must cure something - if not the salesman's poverty, the buyer's conscience. For a moment all is right. But the peddling of false hope is like blessing without sacrifice. https://ref.ly/Ps119.49-56
Psalm 119f
Stake yourself to a massive weight: God's Justice. Be ready when they dig up the ground you stand on. https://ref.ly/Ps119.41-48
Being Brought Low
I've been reading Psalm 119 a lot recently (maybe some of you have noticed). One theme that the psalmist returns to over and over is the theme of "being afflicted" or "being wounded" or "being brought low." Psalm 119 has become a roadmap for my emotions. As I consider how utterly desolate this ancient poet felt, how that resonated with Israel, and how Jesus of Nazareth must have personally connected with this Psalm, I am humbled. But I don't particularly care for being humbled. Being knocked off of my pedestal, being put in my place - reminded of who I am... those aren't things I sign up for. The funny thing is: I've always thought of myself as a pretty humble person. I don't ask for a lot. I don't…
Psalm 119e
Self-Reliance is a Manifest Destiny to the soul. It enslaves to conquer and, ultimately, kills to control. https://ref.ly/Ps119.33-40