The Psalm of the Ascent

What a wonderful treat it was to be in Sunday School today. I hope you were as blessed as I was in watching our youth lead us in study. What a wonderful scripture they provided us. I love the book of Psalms. These last few months I have a developed a new love for this book. I never really understood the importance of this "Prayerbook of the Bible" until I read D. Bonoeffer's book on the Psalm. Its as though a gift that I have always had was just opened and enjoyed. As I mentioned in class today, the scripture we read is a bigger part of 15 chapters that make up the Psalm of the Ascent. It begins with Psalm 120 and ends with Psalm 134. The pilgrims would sing these psalms as they climbed the steps to the temple , which happens to be 15 steps. This would have happended three times a year. During the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tabernacles. Each Psalm would have had a specific meaning. Take time if you can this week and each morning when you wake up, read a psalm for that day. I know you will be blessed and I know each one will dramatically change your outlook on your daily life. I remember whn I first read Psalm 120:1 "In my distress I cried unto the Lord and he heard me." It brought such comfort to know that He HEARS me, until I thought, Uh-Oh HE HEARS ME!!! He hears my praises, but he also hears my grumblings, my doubts, my gossip, my unpleasantness, HE HEARS ME!! Think about that and let it sink in. What is God hearing from you. That must have been on Pauls mind when he wrote Col:4:6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.