Psalm 119:123 – Patience
Do we practice patience or impatience? Perhaps if we’re doing the latter, it helps explain why we get so many opportunities.
Psalm 119:122 – Are You Beastly?
In which I present a list of “beastly” behaviors and ask whose image we are making: Of the Lamb or of theh Beast?
Psalm 119:121 – Don’t Let Them Get Me!
When you look around for your oppressors, you may be surprised at what you find.
Psalm 119:120
Fear can be destructive but in the right way and the right place it can be helpful.
Psalm 119:119 – Scorn
Which way do you point scripture when you “fire” it? Do you see your own issues? And do you remember how you have been led up to now?
Psalm 119:118 – Deceit
Rather than meditating on meaning today I reflect a bit on the difficulties of translating poetry.
Psalm 119:117 – Sustain
The psalmist presents a lawgiver God, but also a creator who redeems and sustains.
Psalm 119:115 – Leave!
Allowing ourselves to be influenced by the tactics of evildoers can be destructive.
Psalm 119:114 – Hope
In the chaos of life, we can look to the one whose words conquered darkness and chaos as our shield.
Psalm 119:113 – Hate and Love
Sometimes we need to recognize that while we have limitations, faults, and failings, there are moral lines.