Psalm 32 No More Guilt (Wagner)
David states that the first step in receiving forgiveness is to confess our sins to God. The key is to be completely honest and forthright. It sounds simple, but most of us don’t ask God to forgive us.
David states that the first step in receiving forgiveness is to confess our sins to God. The key is to be completely honest and forthright. It sounds simple, but most of us don’t ask God to forgive us.
Lin and I once took some lessons in ballroom dancing while on a cruise several years ago. We weren’t very good. However, there were moments when the fun and joy we felt as we danced gave us a sense of truly being together and really alive.
To say that the Lord is your light is to say that the Lord, not the world, is the source of your inspiration, wisdom and understanding. Then there’s the question of salvation. The Psalms says, “The Lord is my light and my salvation.”
If parents can love like that, then can you imagine how much God loves us? Multiply your parent’s love for you a million times and you would still fall short of describing God’s love for you.
Impatience is just one virtue we lack during the Christmas season. Extravagance inflates our credit card debt. There is also the problem of overindulgence, as we stuff ourselves with holiday food and spirits. These are the “paths” that lead us to self-destruction.
I knew there would be many voices heard today, sharing stories and memories; laughter and tears with you who knew and loved Steve. So rather than prepare a sermon, I simply wrote a letter. I hope it speaks for you in this time of remembering. Here goes….
Garrison Keillor tells of the storm home and the storm child. The principal of his school was fearful that a winter blizzard might strand at school the kids who lived in the country. So he assigned them all a “storm home” in town just in case.
I got a call telling me that Patrick, my son, was in the hospital. He’d gone to the ER to have a piece of food removed from his esophagus. Something went wrong and he was in ICU. Before I could get out the door, I learned that they were airlifting Patrick to Dallas.
I don’t remember when I first came into contact with the 23rd Psalm but it was the Miss Ross, choir teacher at the State School I attended who insisted that we learn the words off by heart. I was probably 11 at the time.
Is the Lord your shepherd? Are you willing to follow his lead and seek his will, or are you determined to chart your own course and say, in the words of one my children when he just a toddler, “My do it my way!”