A Diet I Can Live With

On an old homestead around the Powell, Wyoming area, I spied this intriguing little building.  The only thing left standing other than ancient farm machinery (that looks as if it should be in a museum), I have been trying to figure out exactly what it is.  Or should I say was?  My husband thinks it is a smoker...and the chimney probably confirms this.  For those of you that are wondering what on earth a smoker is, it is where meat was hung and smoked to preserve it for the winter...in the days before the more convenient deep freezer. 

I am going to tell you about a diet that is nothing but pure pleasure.  I call it my daily diet of Psalms.  I love the book of Psalms, I cannot tell you the comfort that I get from reading them.  For instance, I have a loved one dying a slow death.  That person is a Christian, and I was comforted when reading,

"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." (Psalm 116:15).

Every feeling, every emotion, trouble or joy is expressed in the Psalms, either by David or the other authors.  Whether I am happy or sorrowful, their is a Psalm that expresses it.  What a comfort it is to know that others stood with God EXACTLY where you are standing.  In trials as well as joys.  The Psalms express man's continuity with God through the ages.

Everyone has different ways of reading the Psalms.  My way is that I numbered the 150 Psalms, divided them by 30 days of the month, and mark them off in my Bible.  For instance, on the first day of each month I will read Psalm 1-5, so next to the Psalm number I have scribbled '1st'.  On the second day of each month I read 6-10, and scribbled '2nd' next to the number.  And so on.  Psalm 119 is really long, so I read that on the 31st of each month with 31 days.  This is a simple way for me to keep track of where I am.  That system works for me, maybe another way will work for you.  It doesn't matter how you go about reading them, as long as you read them!

So try a daily diet of Psalms.  You will be surprised by how familiar you will become with them, and how the Holy Spirit will bring a verse to your mind, just when you need it most!  DLB