If we're going to be journaling through the psalms, might as well start at Psalm 1. Actually, this is a great psalm to begin a summer with. Why? Because it calls us to consider and learn from nature. Not directly maybe, but at least indirectly. As a wisdom psalm, it asks us to consider how the righteous are like trees planted by a stream, and conversely, how the wicked are like chaff. Think about how many times the psalmists ask us to reflect on and learn from God's 'other book', the book of nature. This summer is a great time to be out and about, maybe with a journal, and just observe God's handiwork, listening for his voice. Enjoy!
Psalm 1:1 "Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish." (ESV)
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