If you have watched the movie CARS you will have heard the song “Life is a highway/I wanna ride it all night long.” Truth is…life is not a highway. For most of us it is a jungle. (Does “Welcome to the Jungle” come to mind)? There are twists and turns. Roots to trip over. Clear weather and bad. All sorts of things to trip us up as we walk that trail.
When I was younger (much younger) I used to love to read books on Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, and the early settlers. Although exciting, it was in some ways glamorized. Living in those early times would have been a real challenge. The scene from Last of the Mohicans where Hawkeye and his friends returned to a burned down cabin and death was all too common.
But someone had to blaze the trail.
I am preaching, as you can see, on Life is an Adventure! this Sunday and through the summer as I plan to spend the whole summer in Psalms. Ps.25:4-5a says, “Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me.”
I’m challenging the folks at OVCF to read through the book of Psalms this summer. We are also making available a book of 90 devotions to supplement their reading. Here it is:
Maybe you would like to join me? A daily devotion. A commitment to read. A podcast of the sermon will be available right after the second worship on our website (if you are interested in listening).
Love the Psalms. So real and raw as well as uplifting and worship filled. This is great! I’ll check out the devotional–thanks Bill!
Psalms! My favorites! I will join you in reading them all this summer, Bill.
Blessings for your sermon series and prayers for Sunday!
I like the Psalms too. Thanks for reminding me. Poetry is good. I read them as if they are written by uneducated, fearful, superstitious, bronze age Jews looking for a better day. Psalm 104 is one of my favorites describing the idea of the creation. The other thing that intrigues me about the Psalms is the significant discrepancies between how one Author describes God and how another might imagine him. They describe two different Gods. But I think all of the Christian Gods and all of the Jewish Gods did and do provide some sort of comfort to those who need Gods.
I love Psalm. I’ll jump back in too. Thanks for the reminder. Praying for you, brother.