A Royal Wedding–Part 2

       When God’s word concerning marriage is understood and obeyed, few things in life are more anticipated than the day of one’s wedding.  In Psalm 45, the pen of its ready writer portrays the groom’s splendor in verses 2 to 9.  Unlike any earthly…

A Royal Wedding–Part 1

A Royal Wedding—Part 1      Through the centuries, the pomp and pageantry of royal weddings have been of keen interest to many people.  Nothing within the superscription or the text of Psalm 45 indicates the specific persons involved in the wedding that is the occasion…

When Life Does Not Make Sense

       Someone has wryly noted that “it is hard to see the big picture when you’re inside the frame.”  Because of our extremely limited perspective, life does not always make sense to us.  This was the case for the penman of Psalm 44.   …

Battling Depression

       Some difficulties in life may go away without a fight.  Depression, however, is not one of them.  Psalms 42 and 43 indicate that the dark foe called depression attacked David and sought to overwhelm and destroy him and his faith using three tidal…

The Deep Dark Pit of Depression

       In Psalms 42 and 43 we find David in the deep, dark pit of depression.  Because of all the superficial, always-be-positive cheap imitations of faith in our world today, the thought of a godly man having to deal with depression is unthinkable.  Yet,…

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

       Because He was made like His brethren in all things, Jesus experienced the vile and vicious treatment described in Psalm 41:7-9.  Here it is written: “All who hate me whisper together against me; against me they devise my hurt.  ‘An evil disease,’ they say, ‘clings to him. …