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Psalms continually offers up “nuggets” of wisdom and insight for us, and these passages are no exception.

Today’s reading is a story so good that it took no effort to read, you literally cannot put the book down…waiting to see what happens next.

What we see when we read often depends on what is going on in our live at the time we read.   Today is one of those days.

At first glance it’s a battle fought in places that we don’t know anything about.   But there are some “gems” to consider here.

So…yesterday I had two separate occasions to “hoard” something that I really didn’t need, but instead I gave it away…cheerfully!    Because I read yesterday how generous David was, and I want to be like that.    I wonder how my life and habits will change based on what I read today…

I knew that David was a warrior, but the brutality toward the Moabites is hard to explain.   Clearly the Lord must have been in it, and this is God’s hand directed against the Moabites…most likely for worshipping false gods.    So, it’s not David doing what he wants, it’s David doing God’s will.

The imagery in today’s reading is really powerful.  David speaks of roads, decisions, angry outbursts and forgiveness.   I don’t know if the Holy Spirit has given him imagination or boldness; but who would think to command heavenly beings to praise the Lord?

I really only notice one difference between the two chapters, and it isn’t significant.

I wonder how in the world I could comment on so much content in one blog entry?   It’s simply not possible, so instead I think I will offer a couple of reflections.

The words to some of these Psalms are very familiar, like the beginning of the Pledge of Allegiance, or “The Star Spangled Banner”, and the there are some parts that are powerful…but I remember them as well.