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[3233.14 --> 3234.64] And then later, one of them, |
[3234.76 --> 3236.16] as I was chatting afterwards, |
[3236.78 --> 3237.34] said, you know, |
[3237.40 --> 3239.96] it's been three years since we've had people come |
[3239.96 --> 3242.40] and lead us in these things, |
[3242.40 --> 3244.64] and it just feels good in my heart |
[3244.64 --> 3246.56] to sing these songs again. |
[3246.56 --> 3250.68] And I share that with you both as a testament |
[3250.68 --> 3253.82] to the kinds of things that God is doing in our midst here |
[3253.82 --> 3255.48] and the opportunities we have to serve, |
[3255.76 --> 3258.16] but also to pick up on that idea |
[3258.16 --> 3261.82] that there's just something beautiful, |
[3262.66 --> 3265.18] something that speaks to our hearts |
[3265.18 --> 3268.74] about songs of worship, |
[3268.86 --> 3270.34] whether they are old or new, |
[3270.80 --> 3274.52] whether we have heard them before or not, |
[3274.52 --> 3279.16] there's just something that roots in our souls |
[3279.16 --> 3282.10] as we hear the voice of God through them. |
[3284.04 --> 3286.66] Psalms do the same. |
[3287.32 --> 3288.22] And for some of you, |
[3288.28 --> 3289.82] actually some of you are of a generation |
[3289.82 --> 3293.44] where you were forced to memorize these Psalms. |
[3294.18 --> 3296.10] If you're an immigrant from Holland, |
[3296.22 --> 3297.68] maybe even in the Dutch, |
[3297.80 --> 3299.86] but probably in the King James Version, |
[3300.40 --> 3303.16] and at the time you hated it. |
[3303.16 --> 3308.28] But now you call those to mind with an ease |
[3308.28 --> 3310.36] that just makes it beautiful. |
[3311.72 --> 3313.60] And perhaps there's something lost |
[3313.60 --> 3317.82] as we no longer require people to memorize Psalms |
[3317.82 --> 3319.98] in the same ways anymore. |
[3320.20 --> 3320.98] Point is, |
[3321.92 --> 3327.54] as we worship with and learn about |
[3327.54 --> 3331.50] and experience the depths of these Psalms together, |
[3331.50 --> 3333.94] we're going to dig deep. |
[3334.70 --> 3336.08] And I trust and pray |
[3336.08 --> 3338.96] that there's aspects of this time together |
[3338.96 --> 3341.46] that will make your heart sing, |
[3342.10 --> 3344.38] whether in joy or lament |
[3344.38 --> 3346.50] or in sorrow and grief, |
[3346.66 --> 3349.92] but that your heart will sing through that. |
[3349.92 --> 3353.82] Now, this series is going to be a little bit different |
[3353.82 --> 3356.92] than our normal here. |
[3357.06 --> 3358.52] In this series, |
[3358.52 --> 3361.00] we are going to be using the book of Psalms |
[3361.00 --> 3364.66] to help us understand our emotions and feelings. |
[3364.84 --> 3369.04] And so, unlike the wisdom presented here earlier, |
[3369.04 --> 3370.64] we're not going to start at chapter one. |
[3371.42 --> 3372.62] We're going to jump around |
[3372.62 --> 3375.86] and go thematically through these things. |
[3376.02 --> 3376.60] Each week, |
[3377.34 --> 3378.94] we are going to look at a different |
[3378.94 --> 3382.90] emotional experience or feeling, |
[3383.06 --> 3385.04] and we're going to sort of hold them up |
[3385.04 --> 3386.98] to the light of God's Word |
[3386.98 --> 3388.64] and His wisdom and counsel, |
[3389.28 --> 3390.90] and then hopefully, in that, |
[3391.00 --> 3393.36] being equipped to handle whatever it is. |
[3394.04 --> 3395.22] But also, right, |
[3395.26 --> 3396.88] that we might learn to master |
[3396.88 --> 3398.70] our hearts and minds |
[3398.70 --> 3401.26] and not be mastered by them. |
[3401.26 --> 3405.16] And so, like a jeweler with a diamond, |
[3405.70 --> 3408.90] we will hold up doubt and apathy. |
[3410.18 --> 3412.32] We will look at fear and anger |
[3412.32 --> 3413.76] and envy and jealousy. |
[3414.00 --> 3416.10] We will explore our experience |
[3416.10 --> 3418.20] of despair and hopelessness, |
[3418.38 --> 3419.38] of shame. |
[3420.44 --> 3423.14] And we will look together at joy |
[3423.14 --> 3424.76] and at celebration |
[3424.76 --> 3426.74] and at glorifying. |
[3427.60 --> 3429.26] The image that comes to my mind |
[3429.26 --> 3431.10] is the jeweler's loop |
[3431.10 --> 3432.42] You know the jeweler's loop? |
[3432.50 --> 3433.60] That's the little eyepiece |
[3433.60 --> 3434.98] that she holds up |
[3434.98 --> 3436.72] as she's looking at the diamond |
[3436.72 --> 3438.74] to see all of its facets and colors |
[3438.74 --> 3440.90] and to look deep into within it. |
[3440.98 --> 3442.44] Like a jeweler's loop, |
[3442.74 --> 3444.16] we will look at our emotions |
[3444.72 --> 3446.14] through the lens |
[3446.14 --> 3447.78] of the book of Psalms. |
[3449.68 --> 3450.68] Now, every week, |
[3451.42 --> 3452.92] I write a devotional |
[3452.92 --> 3454.08] on the Psalms |
[3454.08 --> 3455.38] that gets published online, |
[3455.38 --> 3457.20] and so if you read those, |
[3457.32 --> 3458.88] you have heard me say this before. |
[3460.00 --> 3461.10] But I really believe |
[3461.10 --> 3462.86] that one of the beautiful things |
[3462.86 --> 3464.40] about the Psalms |
[3464.40 --> 3465.98] is how they are |
[3465.98 --> 3467.48] the real, |
[3467.92 --> 3469.02] true to life, |
[3469.24 --> 3470.22] unfiltered, |
[3470.46 --> 3471.56] and unfettered, |
[3471.84 --> 3475.40] and yet still divinely authorized |
[3475.40 --> 3478.36] voice of the believer. |
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