The 31st Psalm is a psalm of lament in which an individual cries out to God during great despair.

To what degree do you spend some time each morning listening for what God might be speaking to your heart?

After Judas went to the chief priests and took the money, he had plenty of time to change his mind. He could have taken the money back and refused to give Jesus up.

The servant values both speaking and listening. He uses his words to sustain the weary and listens carefully as if there is much to learn.

Every aspect of God’s character reveals God’s steadfast love.

What a gift it is to examine the same story through the perspective of different authors!

Jesus does not do the easy thing of keeping Lazarus from dying. Instead, he does the hard work of bringing life from death.

Paul calls us to become more like Christ by dying to ourselves and rising in Christ.

This is a psalm of lament.