Tuesday, March 2, 2010

A few thoughts from today's reading

If you have some extra time today, a couple of worthwhile exercises from Psalm 119 would be to fill in these blanks...

In Psalm 119, God is described as a God who_________________.

If God answers the prayers of Psalm 119, then He will _________________.

This is what I mean from today's reading, God is a God who makes and ...fashions people (73), whose rules are righteous (75), who in faithfulness afflicts people (75).

And if God answers the prayers of Psalm 119, then He will give me understanding (73), comfort me with His love (76), bring his mercy to me (77), put the wrongdoers to shame (78), make my heart blameless (80).

What a God and what prayers the psalmist makes!