Wednesday in the Word

This is my favorite Psalms, and I often go back to it. Today it is my prayer, with my adlibs.

Psalm 40
1-3 I waited and waited and waited for God. At last he looked; finally he listened.

Or maybe I just started to listen!

He lifted me out of the ditch, pulled me from deep mud.

The mud of my worldly life that was smoothering me.

He stood me up on a solid rock to make sure I wouldn't slip.

I am surrounded with women of God who support me on all sides.

He taught me how to sing the latest God-song, a praise-song to our God.

Singing to HIM, not listening to my notes.

More and more people are seeing this: they enter the mystery,

abandoning themselves to God.

I pray that we do not get distracted

4-5 Blessed are you who give yourselves over to God,

turn your backs on the world's "sure thing," ignore what the world worships;

Protect us from our false idols that we are turning away from

The world's a huge stockpile of God-wonders and God-thoughts.

I just need to keep listening to YOU

Nothing and no one comes close to you!

I start talking about you, telling what I know, and quickly run out of words.

Neither numbers nor words account for you.

But that does not make me inferior, You will give me the words when I listen.

6 Doing something for you, bringing something to you—that's not what you're after.

How quick I value myself on my 'doings'

Being religious, acting pious— that's not what you're asking for.

Religionosity is a false idol.

You've opened my ears so I can listen.

I pray that you help me keep them open.