Worship doesn’t just happen. Our highest worship of God begins with bowing down, being brought low. Join us as we follow this psalmist’s life journey of affliction and confidence in God’s Shepherding love in the next four verses of Ps 119:89-95.
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Lamedh – v.89-91
What is the state of your faith? Join me in memorizing and meditating on Psalm 119:89-91, the first three verses of Lamedh.
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CAPH–כ Unanswered Prayer, Pt. II
I don’t understand why my prayers have not been answered, but Caph (Proverbs 119:81-88) gives me at least six steps I can take to keep the lifelines open to me in my confusion and despair.
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CAPH–כ Unanswered Prayer, Pt I.
What do you do when you’ve prayed to God, or the Higher Power that is supposed to hear prayers, and you are left with nothing but silence?
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Yes, It’s True!
My rote memory is not what it should or could be (or will be), but my life memory is well-grooved by this psalm. It has changed me in the midst of most difficult times, and has brought joy to me in the best times. As I began to wrap up this study of the goodness of God, I re-read the paraphrased prayer of TET for the millionth time, and was struck anew by the truth of every line of it. It rings with lived out experience, the psalmists and my own. Yes, it is all true. It is all so gloriously true!
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TETH: “Good” Revisited
In Teth, I asked “What is ‘Good’?” (May 20, 2022). I looked at Greek philosopher Aristotle’s word eudaimon. Let’s look now at the Old Testament (Hebrew) usage of that word in Psalm 119:68 to build on our understanding of what (and Who) is “good”.
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The Contagion of Doubt
Things aren’t always as they seem, or as we expect or want them to be. We see with human eyes. Another’s doubt drifts like smoke to cloud our own thinking. Is my hope a mirage? Am I misleading myself, convincing myself of a truth that crumbles as soon as it is touched?
