“He makes me lie down in green pastures … even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” Psalm 23:2-4 In this final reflection on Psalms for a Lonely Planet I want to linger a little longer in Psalm 23, which is probably one of the most well-known pieces …
Psalms for the Summer
Psalm 23: The Shepherd King
‘The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want’ (Psalm 23:1). Psalm 23 is by far the most well-known psalm of them all! Yet in that lurks great danger, because familiarity can often breed contempt or at least the dulling of our sense of wonder to the melodies of truth that are being sung. So …
Psalm 22: ‘MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?’
‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ (Psalm 22:1, NIV) Over the past few posts we’ve spent time journeying through the early chapters of Psalms. One consistent theme that we can draw out of these chapters is that the psalms are for real-life-people: people who encounter crises, set-backs, …