Filed under: living
This year reading through the Bible I’ve really enjoyed Psalms. I’ve read them before, but never gleaned so much from them. They are powerful worship. And my favorites are always Psalms of David. I feel like I know him; like he’s an old friend, one whose heart you know well. His words are reassuring. That I too, don’t have it all figured out, that I’m fumbling in the darkness most of the time, but most importantly that God is a passionate God with a steadfast love.
This is one of my favorites of the last month or so –>
“I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;
I will not set before my eyes
anything that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
A perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.”
:: Psalm 101:2-4
Lord I pray that my heart learns to echo that sentiment.
Filed under: living
The more I look around and watch the world the more I see something that makes me nervous. It seems like we all need fancier clothes, bigger SUV’s, larger more imposing homes, better titles, more money and power.
Culturally it seems like we’re obsessed with power. (I only know this from my desires within me, but surely others aren’t that far off…) It seems like we have this desire to impress in all ways. Almost a compulsion to have more power, or at least portray ourselves as more powerful that we are. At least I catch myself pretending to be more ‘at ease’ or comfortable than I am at times. I think it goes back deep into a heart issue, that I want to come across more ‘in control’, more powerful than I am.. It’s like I wanna make myself a bigger deal that I truly am.
Lord, I wanna be small. I don’t want to make more of myself. I wanna be humble and at peace with the simple things you have called me to. Maybe I’ll find out that those simple things are really their own big deal…
