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May 1, 2011

Psalm 64 – A Prayer for Protection

To decide which Psalm to post today, I asked my son to pick a number between 1 and 150. He picked 64. I don’t think he knows a single Psalm by number so this was truly a random choice. I was not surprised, however, to...

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April 24, 2011

Psalm 22 – The Rest of the Story

For Easter, I thought it would be appropriate to post the rest of Psalm 22, the rest of the story. After the crucifixion, God did not turn His back on Jesus but listened to His cries for help. He was raised from the dead. As...

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April 17, 2011

Psalm 118 – Blessed Is the Lord

Today is Palm Sunday, the day we celebrate the Triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem less than a week before His trial and crucifixion. So it seemed appropriate to post a portion of Psalm 118. Verse 26 is what the people shouted as Jesus entered...

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April 10, 2011

Psalm 22 – Prophecy of the Savior

Psalm 22 holds so much prophecy regarding the crucifixion. Verse one is one of the things that Jesus said as He hung on the cross, as the Father looked away from our sin piled upon Him. Verses six through eight speak of the mocking that Jesus...

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April 3, 2011

Psalm 53 – Foolishness

For today’s Psalm, I’ve posted something in anticipation of my Monday post, which is already written. With the exception of the heading note, Psalm 53 is identical to Psalm 14, which tells me it’s important. God has a habit of repeating the really important stuff. I believe...

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March 27, 2011

Psalm 41 – Blessing and Betrayal

This is another Psalm that covers a lot of ground. It starts by noting the blessing of those who care for the poor and how God cares for those He loves. It moves on to a prayer for mercy. Then hidden in the middle is...

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March 26, 2011

Understanding Vindictiveness in the Psalms and Real Life

I’ve been reading (slowly) Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis. It is going slowly in part because, having read through chapter 4, I was compelled to go back and reread chapter 3. The title of chapter 3 is “The Cursings.” As is typical with Lewis,...

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March 24, 2011

Prophecy – A Poem

In pondering what to write for my Thankful Thursday poem, I couldn’t think of a synonym for thankful that I wanted to write about (not even using my online Thesaurus). So I decided instead to write about something I am thankful for. The thing that...

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March 20, 2011

Psalm 2 – Take Refuge in the King

Since we are in the midst of Lent and heading towards Holy Week and Easter, I thought I would focus on Psalms that include some foreshadowing of Jesus and His reign as King of kings and Lord of lords. Although speaking in one sense of David...

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March 13, 2011

Psalm 18 for Psalm Sunday

This Psalm looks to the Lord for strength in times of disaster and trouble, so I thought it was appropriate to post today in light of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. I have only posted part of the Psalm, but you can click here...

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