Tag: steadfast love
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Day 148: Meet Me in the Middle (Psalm 117)
Psalm 117 is the middle chapter of the Protestant Bible—and the shortest. Right in the middle of judgment and mercy, prophecy and gospel, wisdom and apocalypse, stands a tiny psalm reminding the world of God’s steadfast love for all peoples. Two verses. A tiny psalm. A massive invitation.
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Day 141: Gentleness that Makes Me Great (2 Samuel 22:36)
Buried in the middle of all the military imagery of 2 Samuel 22 is a surprising turn: God’s gentleness made David great. God does not shape us through cruelty or intimidation, but through steadfast love, mercy, and kindness.
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Day 128: “Our Soul Waits” in Psalm 33:20
“Our soul waits for the Lord.” Shouldn’t it say “our souls wait?” But the Psalmist’s strange wording is intentional: a picture of God’s people united with one soul and one heart before the Lord.
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Day 123: My Favorite Hebrew Word (Psalm 107:43)
The Bible has a word for a love that doesn’t quit because it’s been promised—a covenant love God swore by Himself, and will never break.
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Day 120: What God Does is Who God Is (Psalm 103)
In Psalm 103, God doesn’t just perform acts of forgiveness, healing, and redemption—He is those things. He is the Forgiving, the Healing, the Redeeming. His grace doesn’t flow from what we do, but from who He is.
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Day 118/148: A Songbook Big Enough (Psalms 88 and 118)
God’s Word makes room for both deep lament and joyful praise—inviting us to bring every part of our experience to Him.