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“We live in a world that is beyond our control, and life is in a constant flux of change. So we have a decision to make: keep trying to control a storm that is not going to go away or start learning how to live within the rain.”
― Glenn Pemberton, Hurting with God

“Strange that men, from age to age, should consent to hold their lives at the breath of another, merely that each in his turn may have a power of acting the tyrant according to the law! Oh, God! give me poverty! Shower upon me all the imaginary hardships of human life! I will receive them with all thankfulness. Turn me a prey to the wild beasts of the desert, so I be never again the victim of man, dressed in the gore-dripping robes of authority! Suffer me at least to call life, the pursuits of life, my own! Let me hold it at the mercy of the elements, of the hunger of the beasts, or the revenge of barbarians, but not of the cold-blooded prudence of monopolists and kings!”
― William Godwin, Caleb Williams

“As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version

“All my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began.

Psalm 139:16”
― S. L. Rubart

“The Man of Sorrows is now anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows. Returned in triumph from the overthrow of all his foes, he offers his own rapturous Te Deum in the temple above, and joys in the power of the Lord. Herein let every subject of King Jesus imitate the King; let us lean upon Jehovah's strength, let us joy in it by unstaggering faith, let us exult in it in our thankful songs. Jesus not only has thus rejoiced but he shall do so as he sees the power of divine grace bringing out from their sinful hiding-places the purchase of his soul's travail; we also shall rejoice more and more as we learn by expeience more and more fully the strength of the arm of our covenant God. Our weakness unstrings our harps, but his strength tunes them anew.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“According to Benedict's scheme, the community reads through... the entire book of Psalms every week. The monks are therefore exposed... to all the despairing, doubtful, bitter, vindictive, jingoistic, nationalistic, and seemingly racist passages in the Psalter. It is not that every sentiment expressed by a psalmist is admirable, but that in praying the Psalms, we confront ourselves as we really are. The Psalms are a reality check to keep prayer from becoming sentimental, superficial, or detached from the real world.”
― Richard H. Schmidt, Glorious Companions: Five Centuries of Anglican Spirituality

“The storm has passed, the field is calm,
the air is fresh, after the summer rain,
to start with, timidly, like a psalm,
after that intensely, sprout the weeds plain��”
― Will Advise

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midsts of the sea.”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the heathens, I will be exalted in the earth.”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version

“This is in line with what the Yalkut notes: when King David finished composing the Book of Psalms, he boasted to the Holy One, blessed be He, "Master of the Universe! Is there anything in the world that lifts up its voice in song like me?"—upon which a frog appeared before him and said, "Do not be so proud of yourself. I sing more than you do.”
― S.Y. Agnon, A City in Its Fullness

“I  live  by  faith  in  a  world  that  has  so  much  pain, where  life  can  sometimes  take  you  under. However,  there  is  something  bigger  than  all  of  us. It  is  the  source  of  my  energy  flow   that  flows  with  pure  white  water  coming  forth   from  a  fountain  taking  me  under,  but  purifying  me from  within. - To The Invisible Eye”
― Chimnese Davids, No Greater Love Than This

“If we don’t live for him, we end up fighting God himself.”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms

“No Christian believing rightly in God should ever be off his guard. He should always be on the look-out for temptation, so that when it comes he will not be surprised or disturbed, but will gladly endure the toil and affliction it causes, and so will understand what he is saying when he chants with the prophet: 'Prove me, Lord, and try me' (Ps. 26:2. LXX). For the prophet did not say, 'Thy correction has destroyed me', but, 'it has upheld me to the end' (Ps. 18:35. LXX).”
― Ilias the Presbyter

“A favorite verse of Scripture says it best and most succinctly : "Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart" (Psalm 37:4). This doesn't mean that He's necessarily giving you what you want, but rather that He is in the process of transforming your soul to desire what He wants.”
― Priscilla Shirer

“This brings us to one of the deepest truths in all scripture: It is not about you; it is all about him. This truth will set you free. About the eternal God, God the Son, Jesus Christ �� Colossians 1:16 tells us that, ‘all things were made by him and for him��, and that includes you and me. You and I exist for our Lord Jesus, to live for him, and he enables us to do that by being our shepherd.”
― David Knott, The Psalm 23 Life: Experiencing the Love of God Every Day

“Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.�� Their deeds are loathsome and corrupt; not one does what is right. The Lord looks down from heaven upon the human race, to see if even one is wise, if even one seeks God. All have gone astray; all alike are perverse. Not one does what is right, not even one.
Psalm 14:1-3”
― King David, Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon

“David's isn't an ideal life but an actual life.”
― Eugene H. Peterson, Leap Over a Wall: Earthy Spirituality for Everyday Christians

“If you can write like Matthew, Mark, Luke or John Lennon then I will read it”
― Kevin Kolenda

“The desire of the soul is this---to be beautifully disposed.”
― Athanasius of Alexandria, Letter to Marcellinus on the Psalms: Spiritual Wisdom for Today

“He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.

Psalm 147:3”
― Broadstreet Publishing Group LLC

“Let everything that has breath, be a praiser!”
― Mac Canoza

“Psalms 151 -
One Plus One Equals One

You are the bridge that gets me over the low places,
what holds me together between the gaps.
When I feel like I have lost myself,
you are the way and the map.
Not all who wander are lost,
but I feel like I am wandering in the dark.
Traveling blindly down a path that I can’t see,
you light my pathway with your spark.

I feel unstable, unknowing what’s ahead,
you lead me out of the shadow of death.
When I’m just holding on by a thread,
you are the one who gives me breath.

You are my life, you are my truth,
you are my wife, you are my root,
when times are hard, you help me through.
You’re my counterpart, we’ve been fused,
now one plus one equals one, not two.”
― Eric Overby, Tired Wonder: Beginnings and Endings

“You’re my counterpart, we’ve been fused,
now one plus one equals one, not two.”
― Eric Overby, Tired Wonder: Beginnings and Endings

“Always - an eternal road��
Always ours is the world��
Always always is a new road��
Always is for love a word��
Always forests will be calm��
Always hearts will love - a psalm��
Always they will run - hearts never stop��
Always the eternal mountain path they top��”
― Will Advise, На чист Български...: Pristine Bulgarian sayings...

“Life ain’t fair. It’s brutal sometimes. . . faith don’t stop the horrible things. But faith helps you walk through those things, whipped and angry and screaming on the inside. Lord don’t mind our screaming and raging. He done shown us how to do it in those psalms of his that King David wrote.”
― Elizabeth Musser, By Way of the Moonlight

“Ms. Lorna was so proud. “Well Maddie, I think God’s Spirit
has given you a gift. Continue worshipin�� and he’ll give you the
rest. I encourage you to read the Psalms. David, a man after
God’s own heart, would turn the burdens of his soul into song.
He would cry out to the Lord and declare the truth of God’s
goodness. This was a form of worship to his King, but also a
source of encouragement for his soul. Give it a try and see if
this doesn’t help you find the peace you need in the moment
you’re strugglin��. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that
trustin�� God covers those times when we’re uncertain about
the outcome.”
― Eve M. Harrell, Revealed Truth: A Journey From Fear to Faith

“The main method of meditation as outlined by Rabbi Abraham, thus involves the contemplation of nature. A person can contemplate the greatness of the sea, marveling at the many creatures that live in it. One can gaze at a clear night sky, allowing his mind to be completely absorbed by the glory of the stars. Through such intense contemplation, one can attain a meditative state directed toward the Divine. This is seen as the level of Aseph, one of the co-authors of the Psalms, who purified his heart and mind, cleansing it of all things other than the Divine. It is regarding this state that he said, "My flesh and heart fade away," When he divorced his consciousness from everything but God, he said, "Who have I in heaven? And with You, I have no desire on earth" (Psalm 73)”
― Aryeh Kaplan, Meditation and the Bible

“My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my
portion forever.
Psalm 73:26”
― Tessa Afshar, The Queen's Cook

“The “powers that be�� in society tell us that obedience to God shackles us, limiting our freedom. In reality liberation comes only through serving the one who created us.”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms

“For here also it is true 'the higher, the more in danger'. The Jews sinned in this matter worse than the Pagans not because they were further from God but because they were nearer to Him. For the Supernatural, entering a human soul, opens to it new possibilities both of good and evil. From that point the road branches: one way to sanctity, love, humility, the other to spiritual pride, self-righteousness, persecuting zeal. And no way back to the mere humdrum virtues and vices of the unawakened soul. If the Divine call does not make us better, it will make us very much worse. Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is the one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.”
― C.S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms