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The psalmist praises God for His help, presence and by the end of psalm 46: 8-11 for the future peace He will establish. Now in midst of...

Who of us, as caretakers, cannot identify with this psalm written by King David when he feels forgotten by God. Though no immediate...

In 24 verses, the psalmist, speaks out of mature experience with the Lord. He/she prays for help (vv. 1-4,) but affirms confidence in...

Psalm 138 is a song of thanks – God has answered prayer. Repeatedly, God shows His faithful love. He is great and high, yet He cares for...

As troubles circle around us, many times to a greater degree, our recourse is to cry to the Lord, our refuge. In this psalm, written by...

Called a psalm of distress, it is a cry for help, with earlier verses sounding like there are no reserve or resources left. For instance,...

All the psalms cry out to God with pleas and hope and God answers us, yet not always as we would want. In any relationship, we learn to...

I pour out my needs to God and know I will find understanding. Gratefully, the words of this Psalm express my heart and I call on the...

This Psalm, written by King David, shows God’s power unveiled in nature, a thunderstorm towers majestically above the Promised Land,...

How blessed we are, God gives us everything worldly – health, strength, multitude of talents, gifts, time and life. We can proclaim, ‘How...

​In the twenty-four verses, Psalm 139, tells us God knows everything about us, from forming us in our inmost being, knitting us in our...

How I identify with this psalm of longing and trust, written by King David, which says in verse 1, ‘My soul rests in God alone,’...

This Scripture brought comfort in my years of active caretaking for my widowed, ailing Mother. It was a long journey, that included four...

Where can I turn to when it seems so dark and overwhelming? I have found God faithful even in the toughest and most unexpected...

One of my favorite lines from Les Miserables is, “to love another person is to see the face of God.” How might our lives be improved if...

Caretaking has many facets – spouse to spouse, parent to child, child to parent, sibling to sibling, friend to friend and much more....