In the 40-Day Bible Reading challenge, we’ve been plunging and playing in the Psalms this week. I’ve so appreciated the way Eugene Peterson breaths fresh language, imagery, and color into this collection of songs and poems in The Message Bible.
Here are 5 breathtaking quotables from the Psalms. All are within an easy click to Tweet to your friends and Pin-able for all your fellow Pinterest-lovers!
“At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep,
For you, God, have put my life back together.” —Psalm 4 #LIVEWONDERSTRUCK [Tweet this]
“God’s a safe house for the battered,
a sanctuary during bad times.
The moment you relax,
you’re never sorry you knocked.” — Psalm 9 #LIVEWONDERSTRUCK [Tweet this]
“God is the bedrock under my feet,
The castle in which I live,
My rescuing knight.” —Psalm 18 #LIVEWONDERSTRUCK [Tweet this]
“God’s love is meteoric,
His loyalty astronomic,
His purpose titanic,
His verdicts oceanic.
Yet in his largeness
Nothing gets lost;
Not a man, not a mouse,
Slips through the cracks.” —Psalm 36 #LIVEWONDERSTRUCK [Tweet this]
“Take a good look at God’s wonders—
They’ll take your breath away.” —Psalm 66 #LIVEWONDERSTRUCK [Tweet this]
What passage from the Psalms is taking your breath away recently?
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These are great. Thanks for sharing them. They put a smile on my face. 🙂
Dan, so glad they resonated with you!
These are awesome and Peterson’s language is dazzling. I’ve been reading Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places and it’s taking weeks because I keep re-reading sentences to let them sink deep. People will argue, but I’m pretty sure King David would read The Message. 🙂
Bo, so glad you enjoyed them!
I had some of the same ones highlighted…ps 18…God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before Him…..He rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to Him.
Ps19:1 God’s glory is on tour in the sky!
Ro– Amen, amen amen!
Very, very good Margaret. Like these quotes, your blog is a place of encouragement. Thanks for your great work!
Jim,
Thanks for your kind words–always adore your work at http://www.godhungry.org
So needed to hear these quotes today, Margaret! Thanks!
Holly, so glad they resonated with you!
I agree!! Awesome!! I am with Holly, so needed!!
Love and Blessings
Tina, so glad you enjoyed it!
“God rewrote the text of my life
when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.”
2Samuel 22:25
Thank you Margaret for challenging me to open the book. Definitely an eye-opening experience.
Wanda, so glad God is revealing himself to you during The 40-Day Bible Challenge!
The Psalm 36 made me chuckle when I read it the other day. Reminded me of the song ‘Greased Lightning’ from the Grease musical. Ha!
Ian, love Psalm 36!
I’ve been reading the Bible for Lent and I am really enjoying it! Thanks for the challenge! My husband and I are doing it together and it gives us so much to talk about.
Also, did you realize that the graphic for Psalm 9 above has Psalm 15 as it’s reference? I noticed because I love that Psalm so much! I don’t know if it is an easy fix or not, but I thought you should know 🙂
Marcie, love that you and your husband are doing the challenge together! And thanks for letting me know!
Love this, Margaret: You have put my life back together.
It’s not just the dramatic stuff, it’s the daily attitude adjustments and grace. He is GOOD
Susan, amen!
I love to sing and recite the words of how great our Lord is. The art and care that Eugene put in those words was and will remain to be inspiring. Even more, though, when we have no words, when our voices are low our Lord is still there. His love greater, stronger, more able than anything we can imagine. God has blessed us with our brother Eugene.