Tag: Psalms

Weekly Scriptural Reflection for 06 October 2014

You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

it is so high that I cannot attain it.

Psalms 139, Verses 5-6

 
The imagery in these two verses is very clear and quite amazing. As I read the first verse I pictured God carefully yet relentlessly herding me along as a cowboy would do with a wild horse. Then as God corrals me, blocking my escape in the front and from behind, he gently lays his hand on me and I am tamed in his love.

The second verse expresses how I can hardly believe that God would do this for me. It is beyond my wildest dreams, beyond my human comprehension, that he would care enough about me to seek me and save me, to bring me into his arms. Alleluia!

Blessings,

Margo
06 October 2014

See the video reflection that accompanies this post – Psalms 139:5-6

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Weekly Scriptural Reflection for 16 September 2014

Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord; give praise, O servants of the Lord,

you that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for he is gracious.

Psalms 135, Verses 1-36

 
I think that today in most main stream Christian churches we have gotten away from “praising” the Lord. Most of us attend church, go to “the house of the Lord”, just once a week – maybe twice a week. We attend services, say our prayers, and sing a few songs. But do we really “praise” God? Do we lift our voices joyfully, exultantly, enthusiastically? These verses exhort us to praise the Lord when we are in his house, to “sing to his name”. They remind us that we should do this because the Lord is good and gracious.

If I really consider the might of the Lord, if I truly consider who he is and what he has done for humankind, for me, I should be singing His praises from the moment I awake to the moment I fall back asleep, every day. Hallelujah!! God is good!

Blessings,

Margo
16 September 2014

See the video reflection that accompanies this post – Psalms 135:1-3

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