Can I just say how much I love reading the Psalms?
David wrote many of them and he's one of my favorite Bible characters (a man after God's own heart, musical, a writer...love!). I will say that as we read the Psalms, they may seem kind of dramatic. In one chapter, a writer is shouting about God's grace and goodness from the mountaintops and in the next chapter, they're down in the lowest valleys and wondering where God is. But I actually love the fact that David and the other writers were very expressive in both their good and bad moments. It's very real.
From today's passage, this part was my favorite. I think it beautifully expresses awe-filled love for God and the wonder of His love for us:
My choice is you, God, first and only.
And now I find I'm your choice!
You set me up with a house and yard.
And then you made me your heir!
The wise counsel God gives when I'm awake
is confirmed by my sleeping heart.
Day and night I'll stick with God;
I've got a good thing going and I'm not letting go.
I'm happy from the inside out,
and from the outside in, I'm firmly formed.
You canceled my ticket to hell—
that's not my destination!
Now you've got my feet on the life path,
all radiant from the shining of your face.
Ever since you took my hand,
I'm on the right way.
Tomorrow: Psalm 17-20
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