Be a Strong Tree

Daily Lectionary Psalmody: Psalm 1 Old Testament: 2 Chronicles 34:1-4, 8-11, 14-33 New Testament: Colossians 2:8-23   In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. What beautifully imagery we have in the Psalm appointed for this day! In Psalm 1, the man who delights in God’s Law is like a tree planted by a stream of water that yields good fruit and whose leaf never withers. Meanwhile, the man that doesn’t delight in God’s Law is like chaff that can be blown away by the wind. Of course, with the word “Law” here the Psalmist does not means more than what we typically mean when we say “law.” Law here is referring to God’s teaching or God’s Word. Want to be like the ... continue reading