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But It Is Good For Me To Be Near God

Reproach has broken my heart, and it cannot be healed; * I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I could find no one. They gave me gall to eat, * and when I was thirsty, they … Continue reading

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In God Alone My Soul Can Find Rest and Peace

Hear my cry, O God, * and listen to my prayer. I call upon you from the ends of the earth with heaviness in my heart; * set me upon the rock that is higher than I. For you have … Continue reading

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Until This Time Of Trouble Has Gone By

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; * in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until this time of trouble has gone by. I will call upon the Most … Continue reading

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Power Belongs To God

For God alone my soul in silence waits; * truly, my hope is in her. She alone is my rock and my salvation, * my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken. In God is my safety and my … Continue reading

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In The Night Season Her Song Is With Me

As the deer longs for the water-brooks, * so longs my soul for you, O God. My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God; * when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? My … Continue reading

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All My Good Depends On You

  Preserve me, O God, for in you have I taken refuge;  I have said to God, ‘You are my God, all my good depends on you.’   Psalm 16:1  

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Prayer for the New Year

Psalm 84 (adjusted) How dear to me is your dwelling, O God of hosts! * My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of God; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. The sparrow has found … Continue reading

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In His Care

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For She Will Hide Me

I haven’t written anything particularly ‘introspective’ about vocation in some time… Perhaps it’s the winter, inner and outward hibernation… Waiting…  I still will not be writing much, so perhaps this is just noticing that there have been new things, surprising changes… … Continue reading

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Faith

1 As the deer longs for the water brooks, • so longs my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul is athirst for God, even for the living God; • when shall I come before the presence of God? 3 My tears … Continue reading

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