For it is not an enemy who taunts me-- then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me-- then I could hide from him. But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. We used to take sweet counsel together; within God's house we walked in the throng. Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

Lord, I don't about friends so much as the Evil One tempts me and distracts me from life in Your Kingdom. The minutia of life can steal my attention so that when I should be praying and in communion with You, he is busy with all sorts of little distractions. He;lp me to focus on You, to learn to pray without ceasing.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 149

Mid-day: 119:97-104

Evening: Psalm 74

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