Category Archives: Psalms

Who doesn’t want a blessing? Sometimes you have to dig to find them in a situation . . . sometimes, like Jacob, you have to wrestle until you limp in order to secure one . . . and sometimes, they … Continue reading →

Sometimes it is about me. Sometimes what captures me in a Bible reading isn’t the great truths about God . . . or the commands to obey . . . or the promises to claim . . . sometimes it’s … Continue reading →

The thought that came to my mind as I read the verse is, “That’s a word we’ve given up.” I don’t know very much about Eastern Mysticism or Eastern Religions but I do think we’ve ceded some ground to it … Continue reading →

If there’s anything that you come away from Psalm 139 with . . . it’s a sense of being very exposed. A reminder that there is no “living in secret” before God. “You have searched me and known me,” says … Continue reading →

In May our second oldest daughter was married in Maui. Pretty cool. Everything pretty much happened as planned. He said, “I do” . . . she said, “I do” . . . we said, “Amen!” But there was a little … Continue reading →

I read Colossians 3 this morning . . . kind of overwhelming . . . more words underlined or shaded with colored pencil than not. Truths to digest . . . commands to obey . . . everything from setting … Continue reading →

I get the “why?” question. I have a certain appreciation for looking to heaven when everything in my life on earth is feeling upside down and asking, “How come you let this happen? Can’t you intervene and make it stop?” … Continue reading →

22 Readings . . . 8 verses each . . . 176 verses in total . . . 9 columns of text in my Bible . . . 4 1/2 pages . . . one grand theme . . . … Continue reading →

So what if we took more of the Bible literally? What difference might it make? What if we actually washed each other’s feet? . . . what humility! What if we actually sold more of what we had and distributed … Continue reading →

The psalmist says that it can be “songs in the house of my sojourning” . . . that it is better “than thousands of gold and silver pieces” . . . that it is sweet to the taste, “sweeter than … Continue reading →