It is pouring rain here and Louise and I had a fun time walking under one umbrella with her arm around my shoulders and my arm around her waist…I wonder what people were saying about that older woman with that young girl!!!! We will never know!

Another great day with the Psalms. Looking at the Trust Psalms of 37, 23 and 91. Great conversation of trusting God even though not understanding what is meant by all the statements in these Psalms. There are great promises for us to hold on to here … looking at Psalm 37 as Kidner says “There is no finer exposition of the third Beattitude than this Psalm, from which it is drawn”…the whole Psalm is working out the meaning of “meek” (v11)…the meek trust in Yahweh(3); do good in the face of evil(3); cultivate faithfulness(3); delight themselves in Yahweh (4); commit themselves to Yahweh(5); rest in Yahweh(7); do good (27); keep Yahweh’s way (34); take refuge in Yahweh(4); they do not fret because of evil doers(1); do not envy(1); cease from anger and forsake wrath (8); and depart from evil(27)…something to think about…”will inherit the land” (v9,11,22,29,34)! Great class!

Psalm 103 - Talk to Yourself (The Soul Psalm) - Great Psalm to read to ourselves and also a great Psalm to read together with Psalms 42&43. Some good thoughts here on dealing with the negative messages we hear in our heads; “we allow our self to talk to us, instead of us talking to our self”…”someone is talking to you. Who is talking to you? Yourself is talking to you. The main art in spiritual living is to know how to handle yourself. You have to take yourself in hand, address yourself, preach to yourself, question yourself”…this should tweak some discussion…

I have to go my time is running out…until next time…I will splash bacfk to my room in the rain…