A rendering of Psalm 89, with struggles with a firm belief in the power and covenant loyalty of Yahweh and the reality of what looks like an abandonment of that covenant by Yahweh.
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Pinned under a truck
“Help! Help! Please, help!” she cried as she ran through the snow toward our car. I had seen the headlights of a vehicle tipped on its side about 20 feet from the small highway road […]
Psalm 38
(A David psalm, a desperate prayer.) Anger isn’t what I need right now, Yahweh. A hard word and a frowning face Just might push me over the edge, My covenant-keeping God. Blood seeps from arrow […]
Psalm 44
A rendering of Psalm 44, a prayer for times when I remember how God has helped others but seems to be ignoring me in my pain.
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” — 5th saying of Jesus from the cross
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? [Matthew 27:46 & Mark 15:34] There is nothing quite like the terror of a child lost in a crowd, desperately seeking her parents. There is nothing quite […]