Two streams

Our Daily Bread
There is a song by the contemporary Christian group Newsboys called Your love is better than life that I like a lot.  Two lines from the second verse fit perfectly with today's devotional:

I dunno how I can end a prayer, then turn on a friend,
I dunno what I was thinking when I just pressed send,

I have to admit that I have a tongue problem.  I am better than what I used to be about saying inappropriate things, which is very, very scary to admit because I am bad now!  Even my own mother says I am bad!  It must be true!  I won't go into examples -- that could fill a book!

The point of the scripture passage in James is that self-discipline, including what you say (or write), is crucial to the Christian life.  A few inconsiderate words, no matter how well-intentioned, can be very harmful to relationships.  Words of love and words of hate or other inappropriate words shouldn't come out of the same mouth (two streams!).

I am working on it.  I have a very long way to go.

Lord, please help us watch our tongues -- and not while we say things we shouldn't! 


Psalm Sunday
Psalm 48 is a wonderful praise psalm.  I don't understand all the references (the war references escape me at times).  Recognizing the greatness of God is important to his children!


Psalm 48

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

1 Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise,
    in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
2 Beautiful in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion,
    the city of the Great King.
3 God is in her citadels;
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.
4 When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,
5 they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.
6 Trembling seized them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish
    shattered by an east wind.
8 As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.
9 Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate on your unfailing love.
10 Like your name, O God,
    your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;
    your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 Mount Zion rejoices,
    the villages of Judah are glad
    because of your judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
    count her towers,
13 consider well her ramparts,
    view her citadels,
that you may tell of them
    to the next generation.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever;
    he will be our guide even to the end.

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Let go, my friends!  God will be there to catch you and hold you in his loving arms!