Sunday Psalms;

Ps119 Tsadhe

As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands.

Your laws are always right; 

help me to understand them so I may live. 

Psalms 119:137-144 

Who knew that what we think are modern ailments like pressure and stress have been around since at least  the Psalms?

And what is the Psalmists way of dealing with pressure and stress?

Truth.

He comes back to what God has to say. He doesn't always get it, understand it, or see how it might apply, but that doesn't stop the Psalmist from sitting with God's Word and allowing Him to speak into whatever it is that is causing this distress.

Jesus said it's the truth that sets us free. 

I find myself so easily falling back into old lies, into old stories, and the psalmist simply invites us to sit with Truth, with a Bigger Story.

That won't magic away our problems, but as we sit with God's story, His Truth, and let Him speak into our situation, we may just start to find the shalom that we are seeking. 

Our situation may not change, but we might.

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