Have you ever played shadow tag with God? Sounds fun to me. What are the benefits of residing in God’s shadow? How do we do this? What do we learn about this from Psalm 91 – God’s shadow? Psalm 91 Psalm 91 begins with the statement that those who dwell in God’s shelter, or secret […]
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Psalm 90 – generations, tells of how God, our dwelling place throughout all generations, is the master of time. Beautifully, the psalm speaks of the vagaries of the human life span. What does it say to us today? Psalm 90 Psalm 90 is the only psalm attributed to Moses. The superscript reads: “A Prayer of […]
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Psalm 89 – Forever faithful, begins with a beautiful hymn of praise to our God who is forever faithful. But then an abrupt turn at verse 38 brings this into question. What do we learn about God’s faithfulness from Psalm 89 – forever faithful? What about our own call to faithfulness? Psalm 89 – Verses […]
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In Psalm 88 – day and night, the psalmist prays daily to God, day and night. Amid all of his troubles, he never ceases to pray. Psalm 88 The superscript for Psalm 88 – day and night, states: “A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of […]
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Any builder knows the importance of having strong foundations. Psalm 87 – foundation, states that God’s “foundation is in the holy mountains.” What does that mean for us? Psalm 87 Jerusalem is held holy by three religions: Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Why does it merit such a special place? Because it is God’s city, founded […]
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Psalm 86 – poor and needy, opens with David pleading with God to hear him for he is “poor and needy.” Poor and needy? He was king. What was he talking about? Psalm 86 Psalm 86 is listed as a prayer by David. It is a beautiful, simple humble prayer of trust in God. David […]
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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While I wasn’t alive for this event, it had an impact that remains with me today. It was one of the reasons I was involved in the peace movement in my twenties, and a reason why I wrote my book, Buying Time. […]
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In Psalm 85 – showed favor, we hear how God showed favor to the land. How does God show favor? What do we learn from Psalm 85? Psalm 85 Psalm 85 – showed favor begins with the statement that God showed favor by forgiving sins. “You, Lord, showed favor to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.You […]
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going over old blog posts, deleting irrelevant ones and updating others. In the process I noticed I had a significant number of posts on NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. This prompted me to write an article on how NaNoWriMo helped me write my Dancing Through Life series. […]
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Where do you dwell, hang-out? Where you spend your time says a lot about who you are. Do you hang out with God? What are the benefits of hanging with God, as we learn in Psalm 84 – dwelling place? Psalm 84 Psalm 84 – dwelling place, is a psalm of the sons of Korah. […]
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