Asaph’s Battle with Envy

       Rarely is envy recognized and correctly identified in our hearts.  This green-eyed monster is a blood-thirsty beast.  Cain killed Abel because of envy.  King Saul relentlessly hunted David because of envy.  The Jewish rulers handed Jesus over to Pilate because of envy.    …

From Despair to Hope

       As is true with several of the psalms, Psalm 69 begins with despair and desperation and ends with hope and praise.  “Save me, O God!  For the waters have come up to my neck.  I sink in deep mire where there is no standing; I have come into…