BIBLE JOURNAL- Description
In these reflections, I take the risk of letting my mind go.
These are not sermons based on any sort of exegesis, nothing necessarily built on the core intent of the biblical text. If you want sermons, then meet me in another forum.
They are not even the result of Lectio Divina although that would more closely represent what I write here. I just allow myself to be free, free with God; and now, I have decided, also to be free with you too – sharing freely thoughts occurring as I read below the surface.
Psalm 60: Prayer for National Victory
The psalmist, David, prays that his armies who have known defeat, will once again be victorious. Praying for military victory on one side is essentially praying for loss on the other.
Psalm 59: Enemies Just Because
When I say ‘just because’ it doesn’t mean that the enemies are just, or that there is a reason, a ‘because’ to their unjust choice. No. There isn’t. And this is precisely
Psalm 57: Take Refuge
Take refuge when you need it. With the best will, you will miss sometime; and don’t believe that a miss is as good as a mile. There is always someone waiting, maybe
Psalm 56: Persecution Passes
Have you ever felt as if you were trampled upon? I’m not talking about the literal stampede that plodded over me one night when there was an electrical fire at the basketball