My Favorite “Streaming Service”
With all the great streaming services available today — Hulu, Disney, ESPN, Paramount, to name a few — this one is my absolute favorite:
THE PSALMS! 150 installments (episodes, chapters) available right now!!
With the inevitable turbulence of everyday life these “installments” deliver unparalleled…Hope, Comfort, Empathy, Affinity, Guidance, Unchecked Joy, Help in Oppression, Self-Reflection, Unshakable Confidence, Re-Sets, Divine Assistance, Teachings of Forgiveness, Restoration, Songs of Victory, Thanksgiving, Stunning Views from Above. There is nothing like them.
As my Dad was getting ready to leave this world, he’d ask me to read “that shepherd psalm” to him daily:
“The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.” (Psalm 23)
My wife finds the unconditional love and warm embrace of God in this one:
“You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalm 139)
This one has become a theme, favorite, or anthem for me in my daily life:
“Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.” I say of the holy people who are in the land,
“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight. Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” (Psalm 16)
One hundred-fifty episodes (chapters, installments) are available to you right this very minute; to uplift you, or comfort you, and bring you peace. No matter where you may find yourself.
With all the great “streaming services” available today, this one meets the needs of so many. They’re free! They’re there whenever you need them!