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November 22
Saturday


THE WARMTH
OF THE SUN

READ:
Psalm 6
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I am weary with my
groaning; all night I
make my bed swim; I
drench my couch with
my tears. __Psalm 6:6
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On a November day in 1963, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and Mike Love wrote a song quite unlike the band's typically upbeat tunes. It was a mournful song about love that's been lost. Mike said later, "As hard as that kind of loss is, the one good that comes from it is having had the experience of being in love in the first place." They titled it "The Warmth of the Sun."

Sorrow serving as a catalyst for songwriting is nothing new. Some of David's most moving psalms were penned in times of deep personal loss, including Psalm 6. Though we aren't told the events that prompted its writing, the lyrics are filled with grief, "I am weary with my groaning; all night I make my bed swim, I drench my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief" (vv.6-7).

But that's not where the song ends. David knew pain and loss, but he also knew God's comfort. And so he wrote, "The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer" (v.9).

In his grief, David not only found a song, he also found reason to trust God, whose faithfulness bridges all of life's hard seasons. In the warmth of His presence, our sorrows gain a hopeful perspective. __Bill Crowder
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A song of sadness can turn our hearts
to the God whose joy for us is forever.

***************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 6***************************

1 O LORD, do not rebuke
me in Your anger, nor
chasten me in Your hot
displeasure. 2 Have mercy
on me, O LORD, for I am
weak; O LORD, heal me, for
my bones are troubled.

3 My soul also is greatly
troubled; but You, O
LORD__how long?

4 Return, O LORD,
deliver me! Oh, save me
for Your mercies' sake!

5 For in death there is no
remembrance of You; in the
grave who will give You
thanks?

6 I am weary with my
groaning; all night I make
my bed swim; I drench my
couch with my tears. 7 My
eye wastes away because of
grief; it grows old because
of all my enemies.

8 Depart from me, all you
workers of iniquity; for the
LORD has heard the voice of
my weeping. 9 The LORD
has heard my supplication;
the LORD will receive my
prayer. 10 Let all my
enemies be ashamed and
greatly troubled; let them
turn back and be ashamed
suddenly.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
This individual lament, a prayer of penitence, was written by David
during a time of prolonged and severe distress (Ps. 6:2-3,5). His
plight emboldened his enemies to launch a personal attack and to
gloat over his misfortune (vv.7-8,10). David acknowledged that his
trouble was a consequence of specific wrongdoings committed, and
that God was angry and was disciplining him (v.1). Anguished by his
lack of intimacy with God and exhausted by his sorrowing over his
sins, in repentance David, on the basis of God's mercies (vv.2,4),
asked for forgiveness, favor, and restoration. David concluded his
prayer with the assurance that those who truly repent will receive
God's mercy (vv.9-10).