Maybe it’s time for each of us to assess our willingness to understand that our freedom in Christ should not result in constant expressions of everything we dislike or disagree with.

The psalmist tells us God was preserving his life even as he walked through troubles. And he shows us how we can do the same.

We tend to want what we want, when we want it. But those who discover God’s wisdom also learn to wait for him to act according to his ultimate purposes.

When we walk in unity with God’s purposes and are led by the Holy Spirit, we know God is with us and around us and will not allow anyone intent on disrupting God’s purposes to defeat them.

“All is well.” That’s what she said. Was she in shock? In denial?=And how and where do we find the boldness, the faith to say “all is well” when what we can see does not appear to be good at all?

A favorite repost from 2021.

There will always be benefit to us when we worship, but our worship is not about us. And we are never alone.

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” No one disagrees with that, so why must we hold on to so many disagreements about so much else?

Technology can’t replace the mental and physical shift that happens when we move and walk, drive, and gather together face-to-face in worship.

Psalm 131 describes the proper posture the ancient Jews brought to God in worship. We can learn from their example.

Is it worth remembering the times in your life when “the bottom fell out” or when you were in “the bottom of the barrel”? Today’s Psalm says yes.

A favorite repost from 2021.

When you experience affliction for a long season, it is hard to re-emerge without some scar tissue. The writer of Psalm 129 seems to have this in mind.

Have you noticed the number of people around you who say “Bless you” or “Have a blessed day”? For those of us living in the South, there seems to be a lot of blessing going on.

The gift of each new day brings us an opportunity to join the Lord in extending his kingdom, but that’s not all. As surrendered saints, we share a requirement to stay focused on God and to invite him to do his work in and through us.

We can help ourselves and the next generation by recalling and retelling the times God has intervened in our seasons of struggle and desperation.

Have you noticed that even as we spend untold amounts of money and build elaborate systems to create safe environments, we seem never truly to create a world that is safe enough?

A favorite repost from 2021.

The enemy was and is about division. The enemy of God wanted a separation, a distinction of sides. Humankind took the bait.

In just four verses the psalmist expresses praise and pain that might be on any of our lips.