Tag: perspective
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Continued and Increasing
14But I will hope continuallyand will praise you yet more and more.–Psalm 71 Another anonymous psalm with a great line. But this person was going through something extremely difficult. And he uttered a perspective that for many would sound impossible. THE CONTINUAL HOPE. You have seen God’s faithfulness in the past. He is faithful in…
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Steadfast, Loving Strength
16But I will sing of your strength;I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.For you have been to me a fortressand a refuge in the day of my distress.17O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,for you, O God, are my fortress,the God who shows me steadfast love.–Psalm 59 This psalm…
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A Book and a Bottle
8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle.Are they not in your book?–Psalm 56 This psalm came with a notation of when it was written. It was during this humorous episode of David’s life as a fugitive. 1 Samuel 21… 10That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish…
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Be Still
10“Be still, and know that I am God.I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth!”–Psalm 46 When I go to a hospital visit I have two verses handy. I recently blogged about one of them. https://joelmbradshaw.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/have-theses-two-verses-at-the-ready/ Today’s verse is the other. In this short psalm, the nation is in trouble…
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The Depression Psalm
11Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.-Psalm 42 We don’t know much about the sons of Korah, but they were clearly depressed. Psalm 42 is my goto depression psalm. Take a look at…
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Prayer Tension
1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me… 21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!–Psalm 38 Psalm 38 was a rough time…
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For They Shall Be Comforted
11You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,12that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!–Psalm 30 We don’t know why David was mourning. This psalm was part of the dedication of the Temple that…
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The Satisfied Sheep
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.–Psalm 23 One of the most famous chapters of the Bible. It’s a guaranteed read at a funeral graveside service, and it’s a fountain of theology. Yeah, you read that right. We just need this verse. A verse so famous, that you might be able to approach random people…
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Looking Back
18they divide my garments among them,and for my clothing they cast lots.–Psalm 22 Today’s reading is hard to digest. David was going through something tremendously difficult. And the psalm doesn’t tell us what it was. We know that for the first half of his adult life, David was chased like a vigilante around the country…
Joel M Bradshaw 