I got back a few days ago from a week of wilderness camping with the family which was refreshing for the body and spirit.
After two disappointments yesterday, I had to choose joy over annoyance. And then this morning, unexpectedly, I got this: “In your light I find my strength/In your truth I overcome/In your praise I lose myself/For in your love… (more…)
Walking along the beach yesterday late in the afternoon I was trying to pray with words and nothing was coming out.
That’s when I experienced this: Prayer is wordless wonder.
Not always. And not finally either. Prayer often involves words–hearing God’s Word, echoing His word, offering up our own words. That’s a lot of what this site is about afterall.
Yet there are still times when words fail us, but (more…)
Hallelu Yah! In Hebrew it is literally "Praise Yah!" (the short form of Yahweh). The last five psalms begin and end with halleluyah, a growing chorus of praise to the…
“I cried out with all my heart, ‘Yahweh, answer me!’ I will observe Your statutes” (145)
“I seek You with my eyes, I probe with my mind as I meditate on Your word.” (147)
“Yahweh, You are near and all your commandments are truth.” (151)
Three keys verses from the 8 verse “Qoph” stanza of Psalm 119 that spoke to me today.
Study is not enough. Learning and thinking is not enough. (more…)