Category: Bible Reading
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How to Deal with Anger – Psalm 4
One of the verses I’m dwelling on in Psalm 4 today offers me more to contemplate about God showing anger, as I mentioned in a previous post. Find it here. I mentioned his is righteous anger. It’s never out of control, unkind, or unjustified. Since we are made in God’s image* we can show anger as well. I didn’t like…
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A Horribly Bad Day – Psalm 3
Have any of you had a child who succeeded in turning your most trusted friends against you, breaking your family apart, taking everything you have–including your livelihood, and now seeks to end your life? There aren’t many of us who’ve had it worse than that. In Psalm 3 we read what King David said when this was happening…
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Dad Can Get Mad – Psalm 2
Psalms chapter two has been difficult for me to approach today. If I only look at the verses that talk about God being angry, scoffing, rebuking and mocking, I’d seriously squirm. Not because I don’t understand or like them, but because it’s hard to explain their value to people who don’t have healthy, godly family relationships. It’s OK for God to be…
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Do You Want to be Blessed? – Psalm 1
It’s February and I’m starting this new month in the book of Psalms. You’re welcome to join me. The first verses tell us what a blessed person looks like. “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But…
