Let this be written for a future generation  so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord.   Psalm 102:18 This morning I reach for the book as I settle in for prayer. It used to always be the book.… Continue reading

When my mind became embittered,   I was sorely wounded in my heart.  Psalm 73:21 I hear the complaint come out of my mouth and I almost cover my face with my hands to prevent any more grumbling from escaping my… Continue reading

Steady my footsteps in your word;   let no iniquity have dominion over me.  Psalm 119:133 After the second failed attempt, it finally dawns on me to make a phone call. I am looking for a particular adhesive in order to… Continue reading

As often as I said, “My foot has slipped,”   Your love, O Lord, upheld me.When my cares fill my mind,   your consolations cheer my soul.  Psalm 94:18-19 I depress the clutch pedal and reach for the gearshift, preparing to enter… Continue reading

Happy are the people who know the festal shout!   they walk, O Lord, in the light of your presence.They rejoice daily in your Name;   They are jubilant in your righteousness.  Psalm 89:15-16 I sit quietly in an in-between time sinking… Continue reading

Give thanks to the God of heaven    for his mercy endures forever.  Psalm 136:26 I look at the two boxes and various other items stacked by the door and contemplate how I might get them to the car in one… Continue reading

O Lord my God, my Savior,     by day and night I cry to you.Let my prayer enter into your presence;     incline your ear to my lamentation.  Psalm 88:1-2 I am halfway down the block before I remember that I wasn’t… Continue reading

For you O Lord, are good and forgiving   and great is your love toward all who call upon you.  Psalm 86:5 The gift arrived in the mail the other day. Not snail mail, but email. Not the mug itself, but… Continue reading

Your word is a lantern to my feet  and a light upon my path.     Psalm 119:105 My daughter and I rush out the door into the early morning and hustle into the car when it dawns on us almost simultaneously.… Continue reading

He split the hard rocks in the wilderness     and gave them drink as from the great deep.  Psalm 78:15 There is something almost endearing about this teenage squabbling. I can hear my daughters from three rooms and a flight of… Continue reading