Psalms Series Part 7: Psalm 22
Join us as we study the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore.
Mrs Jennifer Keifer continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 22.
Layered underneath the cause of sufferings, a profound alienation is felt.
In the words of the Psalmist, this believer has found themselves in a "pit", an "abyss", "waters overwhelming", a real or feeling of being cutoff from community and their flow of life.Their "enemies'', whether people or dire circumstances, adds to the pain.In this state, we can see how Psalm 22 exactly mirrors the circumstances.
For a thousand years before Jesus, ancient Hebrews turned to this Psalm in their suffering, and when Jesus suffered, he too turned to this song. Today this Psalm remains part of the sacred cannon of scriptures that we can turn to in our own suffering. It models for us what it means to "suffer well".
PSALMS
The power of music + melody + poetry together = songs.
Singing to the Lord together is good for our mental health, our soul, our appreciation of God and of one another. Open your heart, bring yourself into the story of God.
Why do we sing? As Pascal said, "the heart has reasons for which reason knows not..." Music is one of the few gifts we have to bring love, to bring peace, to bring healing, to speak out against injustice, to bring praise and adoration to those we love. Music crosses those valleys, those deserts, those oceans within us and helps to bring us home within ourselves, connecting with God, and with one another.
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May the peace of God be with you today.
