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Pour Out Your Heart

 “O my people, trust in him at all times.  Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge.” Psalm 62:8  This week I danced. No, I didn’t win the lottery or get really good news. I didn’t dance because my life is going perfectly. Nor did I dance because I was at a party.  I danced because I needed to. I danced to share my heart with God. It was a statement of my faith-that although I do not know...

Get Me Out of This Pit!

Recently, I visited a pit. I stayed there for quite sometime. I was physically present in my daily activities but my spirit was in a hole.  What do you mean “you’ve been in a pit?” For me, the pit is where I am secluded emotionally, spiritually, and sometimes physically.  It’s a place where my emotions get the best of me. It’s a place where I feel no one understands me. Its where I feel alone even though I am in...

Where Do Broken Hearts Go?

“Where do broken hearts goCan they find their way homeBack to the open arms Of a love that’s waiting there?” I can still hear my friends and I bellowing Whitney Houston’s song “Where Do Broken Hearts Go?” Did we really know about broken hearts? Had we really seen all the darts life would throw at us that would really break our hearts? Obviously we had not, but you really couldn’t convince us then that our middle school trials would be least of...

Adjust Your Focus

During a storm earlier this summer, a tree fell in our backyard. Thankfully, it missed the surrounding houses and our own. But nonetheless, there was a tree in our yard that needed to be cleaned up. My husband, being the DIY guy he is, declared that he would cut the tree up and dispose of it. He saw the task as something feasible – something that could be done with a bit of effort and the right tools. I looked...

Lord, Cheer My Soul

Psalm 94:19 (ESV & Message) “When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.”  “When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me down and cheered me up.” A few weeks ago as I prepared for a family trip, I lost it. I looked around the house and saw loads of laundry, dishes in the sink, toys on the floor, empty suitcases that needed packing and a host of other chores to do. I was angry...