I cried out (Psalm 119:145)

“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.

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“My feet have avoided every evil path so that I can keep Your word.” Psalm 119:101

I pray this prayer, and the truth is something else because my feet have not  avoided every evil path and I have not always kept God’s word.  But in praying this line, I find myself wanting to be on the right path and lining up with the word of Truth.

Here’s what I’m learning:  The lines of Psalm 119 are meant to intensify our longing for God (especially through His word).   (more…)

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