Faith
Psalm 76, Psalm 82, Psalm 84, Psalm 90, Psalm 92, Psalm 112, Psalm 115 Ryan: Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Gimli (Lord of the Rings) said, “I have looked last upon that which is fairest. Henceforth I will call nothing fair unless [...]
Continue reading about Day 118: “Better is one day in your courts”
Psalm 40, Psalm 49-50. Psalm 73 Ryan: Having spent many years of my life as an agnostic, one of the things I struggle with is reading/listening to/watching atheists argue their side of the existence of God debate. I struggle with it for two reasons: first, a larger percentage (in my experience) of atheists think more [...]
Continue reading about Day 117: “Listen, all who live in this world”
Psalm 120-121, Psalm 140, Psalm 143-144 Ryan: Psalm 144 ends with, “Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.” The Jews have a strong tradition in issuing blessings. In Fiddler on the Roof, when someone asks the rabbi if there is a blessing for a sewing [...]
Psalm 88, Psalm 91, Psalm 95, Psalm 108-109 Ryan: H.C. Leupold referred to Psalm 88 as “the gloomiest psalm found in the Scriptures” (Truth for Today Commentary: Psalms 51-89, p. 661). I would have to agree with that statement. It was so depressing to read that I had to include the clip from Monty Python [...]
Psalm 70-71, Psalm 77, Psalm 83, Psalm 86 Ryan: Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus, “through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence” (Ephesians 3:12). I take that to mean, in one sense, that with the greater faith that we have, the more confidence we can approach God in our [...]
Psalm 61-62, Psalm 64, Psalm 69 Ryan: I am very curious about how old David was when he wrote most of these songs and poems. I remember being a teenager, filled with angst, and coming up with poetry that I couldn’t even dream of today. Your emotions are at such at heightened state at that [...]
Continue reading about Day 112: “I will praise God’s name in song”
Psalm 13, Psalm 17, Psalm 23, Psalm 26, Psalm 28, Psalm 31 Ryan: I doubt there’s anything that can be said about Psalm 23 (“The LORD is my shepherd…”) that hasn’t been said already, so I don’t think my adding one more paragraph will help. Instead, I’d like to pull one verse out of today’s [...]
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