I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. I would flee to a far-off place and make my lodging in the wilderness. I would hurry to find shelter for myself from the stormy wind and tempest." Psalm 55: 6-8 Reflection: As the crow flies, it is a straight shot to the Susquehanna River which can be barely seen in the … [Read more...] about Psalm 55 (Psalms on the Trail)
Archives for February 2016
Psalm 54 (Psalms on the Trail)
"Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul." Psalm 54:4 (KJV) I received a gift over Christmas, The Psalms of David, a reproduction of a hand-lettered and illustrated volume of the King James version of the Psalms. The "illuminator" was James E. Freemantle, who was born in 1859 in India where he lived all his life. He worked on this volume for … [Read more...] about Psalm 54 (Psalms on the Trail)
Psalm 53 (Psalms on the Trail)
"Have they no knowledge, those evildoers who eat up my people like bread and do not call upon God?" Psalm 53:4 Reflection: The Great Allegheny Passage is a rail trail from Cumberland, Maryland, (where the C&O Canal trail from D.C. ends) to Pittsburgh. For its first 20 miles it runs beside tracks that take tourists from the river town up into mountains. Here you see … [Read more...] about Psalm 53 (Psalms on the Trail)
Psalm 52 (Psalms on the Trail)
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. Psalm 52:8 The photo above is not mine---I pulled it off the internet, and it is indeed an olive tree. The smaller photo is mine, and I don't know what kind of tree it is---definitely not an olive. Perhaps it is an old … [Read more...] about Psalm 52 (Psalms on the Trail)
Psalm 51 (Psalms on the Trail)
"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." Psalm 51:10 Reflection: On the AT I gave up being clean. I had tried. I even had a folding plastic bucket to hold water I could collect from a creek. Sometimes I was desperate enough to wash my clothes in it, adding a few drops from my tiny container of biodegradable soap. (If you want to protect the … [Read more...] about Psalm 51 (Psalms on the Trail)