Praying the Psalms: Gentle Lent
Some of the psalms are so rich I spend days mining their treasures. There are many mornings I simply stay and pray with the psalm of the previous day, because I...
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What Am I Really Asking For When I Pray?
I came across this quote from Oswald Chambers the other day: “We ask amiss when we ask simply with the determination to outdo the patience of God until He...
Psalm 6: The Prayer of the Sleepless Night
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak. (Psalm 6:2) I am weary with a different sort of night waking. The tears are not mine, but my teething, stuffy-nosed d...
Psalm 1: The Prayer of the Wilted Tree
Blessed is the man . . . His delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which ...
Praying the Psalms: Mary’s Treasure
I begin this journey through the Psalms in a rather odd place. Not in the Old Testament, but in the New. Not with “Blessed is the man” (Psalm 1:1) but “Blessed ...