MALINDA'S PSALM
Today's reading: Psalm 39-41

" I said to myself, I will watch what I do and not sin in what I say. I will curb my tongue when the ungodly are around me. But as I stood there in silence--not even speaking of good things--the turmoil within me grew to the bursting point." Psalm 39:1-2 NLT

I realize David wrote this psalm thousands of years ago. I am full aware that the songs he wrote have ministered to many, myself included. I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that the words he penned were directed straight from God. Verse upon verse of encouragement, instruction and wisdom.

And. And?

And these verses written about...me.

I live these verses on a daily basis. You see, I have no control, none what so ever, over the area of of my body that includes my mouth! I cannot rein in my tongue. I have a lifelong battle with my lips.

I know what David spoke of when he gave himself a pep talk about what he might or might say in the course of a day. I feel his pain as he stood surrounded by the less than lovely in the world and needed to keep his mouth shut. I have walked in his shoes, sandals, whatever, on many occasion as what I could/wanted to say boiled in my body!

Thankfully, the Lord didn't put my name in bold print at the start of this psalm. My picture was not cross-referenced in the margin. You do not see my address or phone number in the concordance in regards to this section of Scripture!

But I knew who He was referring to--boy, oh boy, did I know!