I sit here a shade over two weeks from the beginning of something new. But first, let me digress a bit...
A little over 2 years ago I set out to write a new blog that would be comprised of daily devotionals titled Red Letters, Black Letters it was a devotional based on Jesus sayings (hence Red Letters) and my thoughts on those sayings (hence Black Letters) I will say that it by and large worked, I went daily for quite awhile, then I took a break, and came back with 5 a week, taking weekends off, then I got a little scattered, but I got through the 135 entries by the middle of January 2015.
At that point I had decided to continue the blog weekly first looking at Jesus' parables and then jumping off into other things, instead I became a Pastor of a church again and let RLBL fall by the wayside. Roughly a year or so later I merged that blog with this one, so if you would like to read RLBL you can begin that particular journey at your leisure just click on June of 2014 on the right hand side of this page.
I didn't continue RLBL because life got busier, and so 1 year and 9 months passed and here we are at the beginning of a different, yet similar journey, in other words digression over.
The Something New: A Heart's Cry: 150 devotionals based on 150 Psalms
When?: Beginning Monday October 3 and going until its done (hopefully)
When? Part 2: posted nightly Sunday through Thursday and shared on Facebook daily Monday through Friday
Why?: Well there are multiple whys.
Why? Part 1: Several months ago I gained possession of a book titled The Abbey Psalter, it is a beautiful rendition of the Psalms made by and used by the Genesee Abbey in New York.
Why? Part 2: From January of 2015 through March of 2016 while I preached on other things my main thrust of preaching came for the Gospel of Matthew. And while I was thinking about my sermons in 2017 I decided that I wanted to tackle some other large topic and landed on the Psalms. I have preached on them multiple times over the past 5 years of preaching full time and even had a one month series on them when I was at Linton I think I would like a larger dip in the Psalm pool. At the same time I do not want to spend the next three years preaching on Psalms only so I thought that I could use this outlet to cover all of them to some extent and also decide which ones I would like to take a deeper dive into.
Why? Part 3: If you look at the overall history of this blog you will notice that I write a lot. At the same time if you look at recent history of this blog you will notice that I haven't write much. I would like to go back to how I used to be, so this is one way that I can set a goal of writing more.
Why? Part 4: As in WHY DO YOU CARE?, well to a very large degree I cannot answer that question, only you can. But I can give a few possibilities: 1) you have read other things I have written and like the way I think/write, 2) you like the Psalms and wonder what kind of crazy stuff I might have to say on the subject, 3) you might need a little more God in your life, and while I am not God I might be able to help you get a little closer, 4) you are extremely bored and just happened upon my blog,
Why? The Final Part: You may not always agree with the way I read the text, and I welcome your interpretations. Feel free to comment when I say something you think is crazy, or if you prefer just track me down on Facebook or email and complain to me personally. On the other hand what I have to say may strike a chord in your heart and help you to understand what our God has been trying to say to you. Again, feel free to comment or track me down. It is my fervent hope that you will be inspired by what I and the Psalms have to say.
Thanks for showing up, we start October 3. Walk with me as I walk through the Psalms.
Peace and Love,
Pastor K
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