T
Thom18
Guest
I read a comic online a week or so ago pointing out how many people reading the gospels view the Pharisee the same way as the Pharisee sees the tax collector in the Temple (Luke 18:9-14). In other words, many people have a tendency to put themselves in the position worthy of praise rather than condemnation (in this case, the penitent tax collector instead of the Pharisee).
The thought occurred to me, then, to start using the psalms as a nightly examination of conscience. Psalm 140:3 made me consider the possibility. Rather than reading the psalm as the one asking for deliverance, reading it as the one who the author is asking for deliverance from and seeing if anything of it applies to how you’ve treated others that day.
Anyways, since there’s 149 other psalms (a lot of reading), I’m wondering which of the psalms (or any other Scripture) you all think would work for this purpose.
The thought occurred to me, then, to start using the psalms as a nightly examination of conscience. Psalm 140:3 made me consider the possibility. Rather than reading the psalm as the one asking for deliverance, reading it as the one who the author is asking for deliverance from and seeing if anything of it applies to how you’ve treated others that day.
Anyways, since there’s 149 other psalms (a lot of reading), I’m wondering which of the psalms (or any other Scripture) you all think would work for this purpose.