Why 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. Psalms 42:5 Everywhere you look there is a buzz about the power of positive self-talk. I remember a few decades ago when I …
“I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.” Psalms 119:101 I stepped on the scale and sighed. For months I tried this diet and that, but the stubborn ten pounds crept up to twenty. The doctors said it was just my age of …
“Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.” Psalms 119:89 My kids are 15 months apart. When they were babies, I tried and tried at getting everyone on the same schedule. But, just as soon as I achieved my goal, one of them would start teething …
Psalms 119:81-88 uses words like longing, enduring, and persecuted. The guy who wrote these verses was in a bad place. I tend to think King David wrote it, as he wrote many of the Psalms. But this one doesn’t clearly say who wrote it. The author says he is like a …
Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. Psalms 119:18 A few years back I was frustrated by the fear and anger that taunted me. I wanted to be free from it. But, nothing I tried worked. I tried saying morning affirmations. I will be loving and …
