A Psalm A Day

I wanted to start out simple, so I figured I'd start with a Psalm each day.
Psalm is a favorite of mine and many others. It is powerful no matter what situation!

One Sentence Summary of Psalm: God, the true and glorious King, is worthy of all praise and prayer, thanksgiving, and confidence-whatever the occasion in personal or community life.

So, let's get the party started and look at Psalm 1!

PSALM 1:1-6
"How happy is the man who does not follow advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join a group of mockers! Instead, his delight is in the Lord's instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. He is like a tree planted beside streams of water that bears its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. The wicked are not like this; instead, that are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgement, and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin."


-Oh, how I have experienced both of these ways. One thing about my life that I share is that God has blessed me with the greatest group of friends that I could ever ask for. Seriously. I don't know what I would do without them. Going to college I have made more, but the core of my friendships lie with my friends from high school. Those four girls have helped me so much and I consider myself lucky to have been given the opportunity to get to know them. They are some of the Godliest girls I know, and it has been so awesome to watch each of us grow over time, especially in our individual relationships with God. I have never had to worry about getting bad advice from them because I've always known that I can go to any one of my friends and God speaks through them!
One problem I have come across is sometimes, instead of going directly to Christ, I will go directly to my friends with my concerns, worries, questions, feelings, thoughts, news, etc etc. While I know that that is healthy to do, I have realized that God does not seek to be second in my life. He should be first. My friends should come second.
My delight should come from the words of my God, not primarily from the words of my friends.
That is one reason why I really wanted to start this blog because it says right there in verse 2, delight comes from the Lord's instruction...meditate on it day and night. That is my goal.
I love the picture Psalm 1 paints about the tree beside the stream, being replenished and fed. That is exactly how I want my life to look.
Too many times have I let myself be like chaff blowing away in the wind, dry and unrooted. I want to take root in His Word and like a stream constantly flows and filters, God will constantly filter my life and my thoughts and I know that being consistent will bring me closer to Him than I ever have before. My joy for life will only become greater. My love for Him will only become greater. My love for others will only become greater.