There Is No Good without God

Psalm 30:1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me The Navy Seals have a saying about their basic training, BUDs, “The only easy day was yesterday.” In other words, there is no easy day. That kind of flies in...

Outsource Your Fear

Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid Psalm 27 is about fear and what to do about it. Do you remember your very first fear? You probably do remember some of the first things...

You See What You Look At

Psalm 25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net How do you see the world? Well, we would say that you hear with your ears, speak with your mouth, and see with your…brain. You do see through your eyes, but you see with your...

Gratitude: Faith That Has Aged Well

Psalm 21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. Some things just don’t age well. A ham sandwich is great when it is fresh, but it does not age well. You come back five days later, and it is something altogether...

God’s Longest Name

Psalm 17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them Names tell a story. Not long ago, I was driving through west Texas and I crossed the Pecos River. I thought of...