Author: Kathy Sheldon Davis
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What Does God Hate? – Psalm 11
I don’t remember seeing a reference to God having a soul before. That’s one concept that caught my attention in Psalm 11. Another one is his extreme dislike of wickedness and violence. “The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence his soul hates” (Psalm 11:5 NIV). It’s disturbing to think of…
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No More Terror – Psalm 10
“Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, ‘He won’t call me to account’? But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless” (Psalm 10:13-14 NIV). The dictionary I…
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When Trouble Comes – Psalm 9
I’ve never known how it feels to be one of our foster children, heartbroken because of separation from their birth families and living with people who don’t feel their brokenness the way they do. But right now, in the struggles I’m dealing with today, I need a place of refuge. I need a safe place to hide. I need to be…
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A Happy Happy Song – Psalm 8
How sweet to arrive at Psalm 8 after the sorrow and judgment in previous chapters. This psalm tempts me to simply copy the whole chapter word for word, and makes me want to tap my foot (though I can only imagine what the instrumentals would sound like). What could I add to it? “O Lord,…
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Who is Righteous? – Psalm 7
I found something I hadn’t thought about before in a prayer for help. This is from Psalm 7. “O Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. O Lord…
