Posts from October 2011

This Psalm by David demands attention. Its opening word is “Behold!” Here is something of such significance it is worthy to take time to see it, to think about it, to wonder how it could be, and why it should not be. Here is a startling and provocative reality!

Charles Spurgeon calls Psalm 131 ‘one of the shortest psalms to read, but one of the longest to learn. It speaks of a young child, but it contains the experience of a man in Christ.’ He says it’s ‘a short ladder yet one that rises to a great height.’ Psalm 131 is a song of David, who was elevated as king of Israel, yet one who knew humility.

Billy Graham described forgiveness as ‘the most glorious word in the English language’. Al Martin asks, ‘When is your life more fragrant than when the kiss of forgiveness is most fresh upon your cheek?’ But what is forgiveness?