Wednesday, March 27th 2025

"While I mused, the Fire burned"  Read Psalm 39; 1-6

I was silent and still;

I held my peace to no avail;

My distress grew worse,

My heart became hot within me.

While I mused, the fire burned;

Then I spoke with my tongue...  Psalm 39:2-3  

The man is suffering. His first impulse is to complain, but he muzzles the impulse and turns the same energies into an intense, burning meditation on the fleeting brevity of life and his hope is a constant God.

Prayer:

My grief is turned to gladness, to Thee my thanks I raise, who hast removed my sorrow and girded me with praise; and now, no longer silent, my heart Thy praise will sing; O Lord, my God, forever my thanks to Thee I bring. (O God by Thee delivered. The Psalter, 1912) Amen

Source Praying with the Psalms Eugene H. Peterson