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Psalm 119:73-80 | Yodh Milt Reynolds | Last updated: April 10, 2022 Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments. Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word. I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant. Let your mercy come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. Let the insolent be put to shame, because they have wronged me with falsehood; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts. Let those who fear you turn to me, that they may know your testimonies. May my heart be blameless in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame! - Psalm 119:73–80, ESV Comforted by God's Promise of Steadfast Love Photo by National Cancer Institute - unsplash.com/photos/BxXgTQEw1M4 Your hands made me and formed me... This morning, the first morning of our vactio

Psalm 119:57-64 | Heth Milt Reynolds | Last updated: January 9, 2022 The LORD is my portion; I promise to keep your words. I entreat your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to your testimonies; I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments. Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget your law. At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules. I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts. The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes! - (Psalm 119:57–64, ESV) My Portion PORTION: KHAY-lek, smoothness of the tongue, an allotment - from khaw-LAK, to be smooth, to apportion or separate using smooth stones as lots We neglect or negate God's Word, eagerly pursuing "portions" of different things, all poor substitutes for God's "smooth" and rich word. We seek for esteem from others, security in

Psalm 119:49-56 | Zayin Milt Reynolds | Last updated: June 8, 2022 Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law. When I think of your rules from of old, I take comfort, O LORD. Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked, who forsake your law. Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning. I remember your name in the night, O LORD, and keep your law. This blessing has fallen to me, that I have kept your precepts. - Psalm 119:49–56, ESV Remember Me Photo: "Finding Dan", by Dan Grinwis "Remember me." The context connects "remember me" with the following: Hope Comfort in affliction God's life-giving, life-sustaining promise Singing while sojourning Constancy during the night Blessing HOPE: yaw-CHAL [to wait, be patient, to hope - the English word "

Psalm 119:41-48 | Waw Milt Reynolds | Last updated: June 6, 2022 Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promise; then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your rules. I will keep your law continually, forever and ever, and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts. I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame, for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love. I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. - Psalm 119:41–48, ESV The First Promise Photo by Brett Jordan on unsplash.com All of God's Word may be considered to be a promise of savation and steadfast love from God. But where is found in the Holy Bible the earliest, specific promise of God? Is the promise first seen when God created Adam and Eve?

Psalm 49 Milt Reynolds | Last updated: February 17, 2022 Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, both low and high, rich and poor together! My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre. Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches? Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice, that he should live on forever and never see the pit. For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names. Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish. This i

Psalm 119:17-24 | Gimel Milt Reynolds | Last updated: March 24, 2022 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me! My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times. You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments. Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies. Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors. - Psalm 119:17–24, ESV Lord, Deal Bountifully With Me! Photo by ashok acharya on Unsplash - DEAL BOUNTIFULLY: gaw-MAL, to treat a person (well or ill), to benefit or requite; to ripen or wean This definition is odd. The original Hebrew word by itself does not convey a specific sense of positive or negative treatment, of good or bad treatment. Why does thi

Psalm 119:9-16 | Beth Milt Reynolds | Last updated: January 28, 2022 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes! With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth. In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. (Psalm 119:9–16, ESV) Image by Lynn Greyling from Pixabay Translucent, not Transparent! PURE: "zaw-KAW", translucent, innocent That which is translucent allows light to show through, but not to show detailed shapes. To be translucent is literally to "through shine". How can I mature into translucence? How can I live daily allowing Christ to shine through what I say a