"Psalms of David's Life" by Pastor Welty

I keep a daily journal.   Sometimes I write a few sentences or a paragraph or two.  Other times I don't feel that I have enough pages in my journal to contain all that's coming out of my head. It depends on what's going on in my life. 

 After Stephanie died, I spent a lot of time journaling to try to process my feelings.  Many of those feelings and entries were posted in this blog, and I asked you to accompany me on that journey.  That process helped me to come to terms with my new reality. 

 When I met Beth, and we started dating, I began to process that by journaling about feelings, possibilities, trying to understand what was going on in my head and heart.  The excitement and anticipation of a new relationship was at times overwhelming for a person my age.  As I've said before I hadn't gone on a date since Jimmy Carter was president, so I didn't know what I was doing.  Journaling helped me to sort things out.   Journaling for me has been a helpful tool for processing where I am in my life and ministry.

 When we read the Psalms, we are reading the journal entries of the great King David.  It is truly a great privilege to get this insight into the private thoughts of this great, but flawed man of God.   

Some of the Psalms have been connected with specific events in David's life.  This summer we're going to look at these Psalms and connect them into the context of David's life.  The hope is that we will learn from David, that as we face challenges in our lives, we too will be able to process them in some constructive fashion that will help us stay focused on our Lord.