21.12.06
The Psalms (5): Standing Amazed
Read: Psalm 30
As Christmas time approaches, the selection of films on the television becomes very predictable indeed. Like as not, over the next couple of weeks we’ll have films on we’ve seen a hundred times before, like The Sound of Music, or The Wizard of Oz. But there’s one film I personally never tire of watching – It’s a Wonderful Life with James Stewart. We all know the story – it’s a story of a great turnaround in the life of a going down businessman. We like it, not just because it’s a great story but because James Stewart is such a likeable guy that we want to see his life turned around. As human beings we love the great turnaround stories where good triumphs over evil. Psalm 30 is an example of the ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ theme in the Book of Psalms where we start off in a pit but we end on a pinnacle, we start off on a low, but end on a high. It is the third example of the genre of Psalms we are looking at – a Psalm of Thanksgiving. And I want to see three things about this turnaround Psalm tonight: Read the rest of this entry »