Tag: Trust
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Big Trouble? No Problem! – Reflection on Psalm 57
Psalm 57:1-8 Should I Stay or Should I Go? Some problems can’t be fixed no matter how hard we try. The problems are bigger than we are. I used to try to fix my problems. After much frustration, I finally admitted that some problems can’t be fixed, or at least not by me.
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Bad Stuff, Deep Trust – Reflection on Psalm 56
Psalm 56:1-13 Stuff Happens Bad things happen. How do you respond? What do you do when life doesn’t work out the way you want? What’s your reaction when someone actively seeks your destruction? Perhaps destruction is too strong of a word. Maybe somebody tries to destroy your reputation, limit your opportunities, or steal your thunder. […]
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Disturbed and Downcast
Psalm 42 Disturbed Twice the Psalmist asks, “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?” Can you identify? Something’s wrong, deep within. Perhaps, like the psalmist, we can’t figure out what’s wrong. The psalmist asks his soul for answers, but gets none. Maybe we all have these experiences. Life comes at us […]
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Silence of Unanswered Prayer: Reflection on Psalm 40
Waiting For Who Knows What I don’t like to wait. I’ll admit it. I attempt to find the shortest and quickest lines, the fastest routes, and the quickest recipes, trying to avoid waiting as much as possible. I even avoid those situations where I know I will have to wait! My aversion doesn’t seem to […]
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How Long O Lord? – Reflection on Psalm 35
Psalm 35:17 – “How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions!” Betrayed “I thought they were our friends,” she whispered quietly to her husband. “I know…” he responded, trying to comprehend where the relationship had gone sour. “We were in their wedding and they were […]