Psalm 128, The Fear of the Lord, blessing, family

Psalm 128:1-4 Blessed are all who fear the Lord,    who walk in obedience to him.2 You will eat the fruit of your labor;    blessings and prosperity will be yours.3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine    within your house;your children will be like olive shoots    around your table.4 Yes, this will be the blessing    for the man who fears the Lord. When I look at this…

Psalm 127, build, frustration, family

I enjoy building teams and building worship events. I love to put words together and make something come of it but without the Lord these things are just people rushing about, a bunch of songs strung together, and words on a page. Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house,    the builders labor in vain.Unless the Lord watches over the city,    the guards…

Psalm 124, escape, help, the Lord is on our side

Psalm 124:6-8 Praise be to the Lord who has not let us be torn by their teeth. We have escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Can you remember a…

Psalm 123, look to the Lord, watch his hand, hospitality

Psalm 123 Unto You I lift up my eyes,O You who dwell in the heavens.2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,So our eyes look to the Lord our God,Until He has mercy on us. 3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!For we are exceedingly…

Psalm 122, Jerusalem, peace, security

Psalm 122:6-8 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within you citadels. For the sake of my family and friends,    I will say, “Peace be within you.” Jerusalem is the greatest city in Israel. It’s name means peace but it has…

My little story…

I haven’t really shared my experience with Covid. I have often felt that nobody would like my Covid story! It doesn’t fit the narrative that is out there. It doesn’t fit the timeline either. Every time I did start to mention it I felt the shift of dismissal of what had happened to us, “Oh…