Psalms 55:6 I. Don't spend your time in wishing for wings, or for anything else that is impossible. Not that there is anything wrong in a wish, unless we wish for what is wrong. Wishes will come flying into our minds, as little birds sometimes hop in at an open window. But do not pet, and feed, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 55:6 I. This is the cry of the faithful soul overpressed by temptation. II. It is the sigh of the heart, weary of the strain of spiritual aspiration and effort. III. It is the cry of a man who is forced to be spectator of a dread conflict. IV. But man is not only a spectator of the confli... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 55:19 No changes! We must not take the expression in a hard and narrow literal sense, or it would be true of no man. The changes of which the Psalmist speaks mean changes that disturb, changes that unhinge all plans and arrangements, changes that frustrate hopes, changes that, like earthquak... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 55:22 A great part of the burden of daily life is the sin that is in it. Take out the sin, and there will not be much burden left. I. As regards those common burdens which every one bears, God says, "Cast thy burden on the Lord." It is very difficult to sympathise with one another's burdens... [ Continue Reading ]