A post near the end of January does not qualify as a Happy New Year piece. Especially in the light of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, lingering illnesses in the family, and deaths of family members of friends of ours. As I read Psalm 16 I began contemplating the difference between 'happy'and 'joy'. In the Christian worldview the difference between the two words is significant. We can be happy only when things are going well and our spirits are uplifted, whereas a state of joyfulness is not dependent upon our circumstances, but rather a willful state of mind (James 1:2, 1Thessalonians 5:16).
I find that David has a great perspective on a new year, one that focuses on his relationship to God and not on what his resolutions for the year might be. In verse one he talks about the need to be preserved by God ...
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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