i think the first very interesting thing to note with this psalm is the intro: 'For the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”' if you read the first seven verses you see David's response to basically 'being told on' and he is not amused. should we learn from that example of David and go to ourselves, 'ah cool, [...]
psalm 11: 'In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain."' [vs.1] i love it. i have spoken on this very topic on many occasions. i call it - "Trust God, but have a backup plan." and it is how i see so many christians living their lives... say you are trusting God but just in case God doesn't come through, make sure you [...]
so for the last little while the question "so when are you and the beautiful val having kids?" [and the shock, gasp, horror when we say we're not particularly planning to, ever, at the moment] has evolved into the question "so what are your plans for next year?" i've contemplated getting the answers to these questions tattoo'd onto my face but i just don't know if i can justify the expense [to anyone else] so [...]
[laughed the boy] a friend of mine from the Malaysian Younger Leaders Gathering i attended in 2006 asked me the question and so i did my best to answer it, or to at least look at some of the aspects of the question - thort it was worth posting my thorts here... hey Debbie greetings in the amazing name of Jesus! thankx for the email and the encouragement and hopefully this gets to you in [...]