Tag Archives: Psalm

Joy? Not so much – but God does make me smile

12 You have turned my wailing into dancing; * you have put off my sack-cloth and clothed me with joy. 13 Therefore my heart sings to you without ceasing; * O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for … Continue reading

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“Born-again” and small thinking in the loving hands of a very, very big God

The Holy Spirit paused me at so many points along the way in today’s readings.  With each, I reflected out-loud in my scriptural journal, marveling at the questions and challenges put before me by God’s word. My first stop was … Continue reading

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O Lord God, I hear you calling! Away, you rolling river! Yes, far away I hear you calling

(Please click arrow to play so you can share with me the real sense of God calling us, letting us know we are prayed for in love and faithfulness) A joyful longing to see a loved one or loved place. … Continue reading

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Let go, let God – the one and only contractor we need

Do you hire contractors to do the work God has offered to do for you?  How’s that going? Perhaps the landscape of your life looks a bit like this?  Scattered bits of this and that, unconnected and unfinished, untouched, and … Continue reading

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Hanging 10 God’s way through

Psalm 106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, * and he led them through the deep as through a desert. I like this image and never ever tire of being reminded of the truth embodied in it- … Continue reading

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Love you…more

Has anyone every told you they love you more? Have you ever professed the same to anyone?  I love you more. Some may even complete the expression, waxing poetic – more than the stars in the sky, more than the … Continue reading

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Wherever You Go

The title from today’s post comes from Stanton Lanier’s album, Open Spaces.  The track, “Wherever You Go” accompanied my prayer time this morning.  You may listen, here: Psalm 23 A Psalm of David.1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not … Continue reading

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My space in this place

Psalm 1:1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked,or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; 2 but their delight is in the law of the Lord,    and on … Continue reading

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Lest we forget our Lord, God

Psalm 50 11 I know all the birds of the air,* and all that moves in the field is mine. The first verses of Psalm 50 attest to the all-knowing, sovereign God.  The litany of what God knows, what God … Continue reading

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Gripping too tightly? What are you holding on to?

Psalm 52:7  ‘See the one who would not take refuge in God,but trusted in abundant riches, and sought refuge in wealth!’* 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God.I trust in the steadfast love … Continue reading

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