There’s a gentle ache in the words of Psalm 119:17–24, the kind that settles deep and lingers long. The psalmist isn’t writing from a place of triumph. He writes from the tension between faithfulness and affliction, hope and hardship. And in his pain, he turns not away from God, but toward Him—with open hands and …
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He was young. Eager. A little unsure. The kind of person who sat forward when Scripture was read. Who asked questions that mattered. And one question had been keeping him up at night: How can a young man stay pure in a world so polluted? He wasn’t looking for a loophole. He wasn’t hoping for …
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The longest chapter in the Bible begins with one simple word: blessed. Not busy. Not successful. Not comfortable. Blessed. Psalm 119 opens with a promise, a path to true and lasting joy: "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord." (Psalm 119:1) Right away, the psalmist invites us …
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