I have a confession to make this morning. As I read through the lyrics of Psalm 65, I found that my weariness of current events has made my heart cynical and grumbling. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 65. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Every time those obstacles, burdens, critics, detractors, and attacks have my heart and mind twisted up in anxious knots, I have Psalm 64 to remind me what David did. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 64. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The "Nightwatch." I've always loved that metaphor. The word picture reminds me that, spiritually speaking, Jesus always pulls the Nightwatch. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 63. Text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In a world of endangered silence, with ceaseless noise of humanity encroaching on me 24/7/365, I find this morning that I need this mysterious, missing word. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 62. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. 

One of the great things about this chapter-a-day journey and spending my life reading and studying the Great Story is that Jesus words are forever stored on my mental and spiritual hard drive. Even when I feel a chasm between me and God, Jesus' words remind me that it's a mirage. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 61. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The most contentious election in recent history in the most strange year of our lifetimes. Where are we headed and where is it all going? Thoughts of a "wayfaring stranger traveling through this world of woe."

From my current waypoint on this Life journey, I find David's song is less about an actual battle than it is about feelings of loss, defeat, and despair. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 60. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Just last night as we lay in bed I expressed to Wendy that all it takes is for me to glance at any social media app right now and feel misunderstood, slandered, belittled, and dishonored. I have to believe I'm not alone in that. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 59. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com

Along this life journey, I've come to acknowledge that I can't avoid anger. Even Jesus got righteously angry, and Paul told the followers of Jesus in Ephesus not that anger is wrong or bad, but what we do with it. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 58. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I find in the story of Saul and David a contrast of attitudes that speaks to the divergent paths of thought and emotion I can take today. In David's song, I find an example for me to contemplate and to emulate. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 57. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.