Moseman Lives (Pics)

I just did a quick read through of the Psalms for my old testament class. Pretty interesting to read all of the psalms together in one sitting. Couple of quick observations, I can’t stay long, have to go help build a snowman for two of my professors’ kids (yes, the placement of apostrophes in that sentence is indeed correct, I promise).

The most interesting thing is that with the exception of the thanksgiving and praise psalms (about 20 or so out of 150), most of the psalms seem to deal with aggression (confidence in the Lord) regarding enemies, or Lament. It strikes me how emotionally driven these songs are. Could you imagine reading a Psalm written by the Psalmist on just an average Day?

O Lord, maker of Heaven
Your love endures forever

Everything is Ok
My enemies don’t bother me right now

I am not in despair
The pit of despair is closed

Life is good
I have plenty of food

I suffer no oppression
I saw something interesting on TV last night

Lord you are so good,
I have to go, I have a phone call.

It’s just funny to me how circumstances that were either dire or intense motivated so many of these songs.

The Lord truly is magnificent, powerful, loving, and merciful as the Psalmist describes. But I wonder how we remember that on the average day? – dan.

p.s. the moseman project is complete. tomorrow the kiddies will be either overjoyed or terrified (yes, that's a life size bust of moses)