Doe in the Morning
We are reading Psalm 22 this week as part of our lessons at Roots School of Ministry. Wow. It might be my new favorite Psalm. I am still trying to memorize Psalm 27 but this one might just come naturally.
Psalm 22 is written to the "tune of Doe in the Morning." You can google and find many potential musical options.... and commentaries that tell you what it meant. A common theme seems to be that it was a solemn tune. When you read it you can see why.
When I read Scripture many times I stop at certain points.. to pray my own prayer. I suppose I am inserting my own "Selah". So I felt maybe I was suppose to share a bit of this maybe over a series of several posts. It is quite a long Psalm.
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from the words of my groaning. v1-2.
Of course these are the words Jesus utters to God as well. (Matthew 27:46) Often I feel shushed, shunned or just plain wrong when I think these things and quite frankly I feel that within the Christian community we are often told this sort of thing is wrong. And I have probably shushed people as well! Buck up and all that jazz. But if I am wrong in thinking or saying them at least for a moment, then Jesus was wrong.. and David, a man after God's own heart, was wrong. I think it has to do with the kind of heart with which you do this lamenting and I am so thankful for the Lord putting these verses in the Bible. For giving David, a STRONG warrior a heart that could cry out to the Lord.
And I cry out as well- maybe I should do that more even.
Lord! Lord! why have you forsaken me?
But it does not end there.....
TBC....
Psalm 22 is written to the "tune of Doe in the Morning." You can google and find many potential musical options.... and commentaries that tell you what it meant. A common theme seems to be that it was a solemn tune. When you read it you can see why.
When I read Scripture many times I stop at certain points.. to pray my own prayer. I suppose I am inserting my own "Selah". So I felt maybe I was suppose to share a bit of this maybe over a series of several posts. It is quite a long Psalm.
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from the words of my groaning. v1-2.
Of course these are the words Jesus utters to God as well. (Matthew 27:46) Often I feel shushed, shunned or just plain wrong when I think these things and quite frankly I feel that within the Christian community we are often told this sort of thing is wrong. And I have probably shushed people as well! Buck up and all that jazz. But if I am wrong in thinking or saying them at least for a moment, then Jesus was wrong.. and David, a man after God's own heart, was wrong. I think it has to do with the kind of heart with which you do this lamenting and I am so thankful for the Lord putting these verses in the Bible. For giving David, a STRONG warrior a heart that could cry out to the Lord.
And I cry out as well- maybe I should do that more even.
Lord! Lord! why have you forsaken me?
But it does not end there.....
TBC....
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