Walking Through Psalms: Focus

When my glasses become smudged, I’m forced to read words through a haze.  Many times I’ve taken them off my nose and used my shirt to wipe away the haze; however, it only creates a greater murkiness in which to navigate the letters upon the page.  This is frustrating.  Why doesn’t the shirt work?  Shirts are…

…Not on my Deathbed…

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence…  (KJV) Only you can say     that I am innocent,     because only your eyes     can see the truth. (CEV) Psalms 17:2 Death is right around the corner…maybe not the next corner but it’s surely waiting behind one of them. Last week, I had a “scare.”  You know the…

Be On The Lookout

Psalms 16:11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. This morning I was reading my little devotional (Jesus Calling) and one sentence seemed to jump off the page and speak to me in a personal way.  It said, “Be on…

Look to the Birds

(A poem for all generations) “Most of the situations that entangle your mind are not today’s concerns; you have borrowed them from tomorrow.”  __ Sarah Young Preserve me, oh God:  for in thee do I put my trust.  (Psalms 16:1) Look To The Birds Look to the birds, the fowls of the air. No needs have…

God Has Something to Say to the Hurting

(Psalms 9/Paraphrased as if from God’s point of view)  This morning, as I read Psalms chapter 9, a message began to form in my mind.  A message, I believe, to be from God.  A message, He wants all the hurting to hear. And so as I pondered over the verses I began to read it as…

Lord, I Need You

Lord, show me your right way of living,     and make it easy for me to follow. People are looking for my weaknesses,     so show me how you want me to live. Psalms 5:8 Dear Lord, here I am and here is my life. Fill me with a desire to follow you. Fill me with energy…

Luna and I Pray

Psalms 5:1-2 Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray.  My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. While spending time with God this morning, upon my bed, the…

Christian Meditation?

Psalms 5:1 I had a healthy fear of meditation.  Growing up Independent Fundamental Christian I was taught to fear many things, one being meditation.  I was taught to believe a transcendental state made the soul vulnerable to demonic possession.  I was also taught it impossible for a “true Christian”  to be demon possessed because their…