Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city. I had said in my alarm, "I am cut off from your sight." But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.

What a thought, to realize that it is when I am trapped in a besieged city that Your steadfast love for me is revealed. It is not in the times of peace, it is in the times of turmoil, in times of great challenge, times of assault. These are the times that try my faith and are the times when my soul is stripped of pride and self to be most open to Your unfailing presence.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 83

Mid-day: 119:145-152

Evening: Psalm 9

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