Sunday Psalms;

Psalms 119:49-50, 59, 61, 64 NLT

Zayin

Remember your promise to me; 

it is my only hope.

Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles.

...

I pondered the direction of my life, 

and I turned to follow your laws.

...

Evil people try to drag me into sin, but I am firmly anchored to your instructions.

...

O Lord, 

your unfailing love fills the earth; 

teach me your decrees. 

Psalms 119:49-50, 59, 61, 64 NLT

There's a decent chunk of self reflection going on here, how God's word speaks to the psalmist, the writer considers the direction their life is on and knows that there are choices, that the choices of others have an impact on your life, that there are anchors that we can hold to in the storms, and that he is loved, and the way forward is the way of love.

The new year is often a time of self reflection and maybe there's some useful ways of doing that here... the psalmists self reflection pulls us up into the Bigger Story, the story that is real about the things that we face, the story of grace, of love, the story that always holds hope.

As we step into 2025 may we always hold hope.

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