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 55 Before I cast my burden on the Lord
Burdens are heavy to carry, even when, and especially when they are imagined.
Psalm 54- Deliver Me: Blessings bring woes
Sometimes, just because God blesses you, you will also need God’s deliverance from those who are offended by your blessings. In the situation, David’s problem was that he had been blessed, named
Psalm 53: Foolish ones
We met this psalm already, numbered 14 in the Book of Psalms. If good things are worth repeating, then foolish people need a reminder to awaken them, set them on their guard.
Psalm 52-Tell lies and time will tell on you.
If 3 “you love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking the truth”, then catch up time is bound to come, because truth can be concealed for only so long.
Psalm 51-Have mercy on me, O God
Is there ever a moment when such a prayer is inappropriate? Is there ever a time when we are squeaky clean in thought, word and action that we can be 100 percent