Monday, June 26, 2006

God is good (worry not so good)

Every evening I try to read a portion of the Psalms. This is a spiritual exercise my father confessor encouraged me to begin practicing over 3 years ago. Every evening, read at least one verse of the Psalms, but never more than a chapter. I don't always manage every evening, and each evening the amount I have time to read varies. It's taken me this long to read through the Psalms completely once and get up to Psalm 91 again, which is where I began tonight. It never ceases to amaze me that no matter where I am in the Psalms, there is *something* that has an impact on some part of my life at that moment. Tonight I have been stressing out about how tomorrow's CT scan and doctor appointment will go. And here is the Psalm that was given to me to read in the midst of this worry:

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abides in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust." For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence; he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.

Because you have made the LORD your refuge, the Most High your habitation, no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent.

For he will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

Because he cleaves to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will rescue him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

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