John 5:1–18; Psalm 103:1–5 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,Psalm 103:2 We often imagine healing as something gentle, orderly, and predictable. We pray, we wait, and we hope that God will work in ways that make sense to us. Psalm 103 invites us to bless the …
Category: Psalm
Jun 28
God: The Great Inverter, Reverser, Equalizer
Psalm 30“You have turned my mourning into dancing;” I marvel at how many times in the Scriptures God is up-ending the human order of things. From Esau and Jacob, the elder will serve the younger; to Jesus in the Beatitudes, the meek will inherit the earth. Paul sums it up in I Corinthians 1: 25 …
Jun 28
Do You Get Tired in Worship?
Psalm 150 The question is not, “do you get tired OF worship?” but “in” worship? We I read Psalm 150, I feel exhausted. All the praising, the music, the sounds, the exuberance leaves me out of breath. This worship is not contrived, or a manipulation, it is the out flow of the praise of God …
Jun 26
Green Pastures and Dark Valleys
Psalm 23 Yes, this is the best-known passage of Scripture. When I conduct a funeral for a family not familiar with the Bible, they always ask for “The Lord is my shepherd.” Those of us who are so familiar with this Psalm we can recite it from the King James Version, sometimes need to look …
