Daily Bread:  Thoughts & Prayers from the Psalms

~ Psalm 30 ~

Don’t let your heart be silent.
Wait.  It’s true.  I did once write a whole post with the title “Keeping a Quiet Heart“.
It sounds like a contradiction, but it’s not at all.

There’s a difference between ‘silence’ and ‘quiet’.
A quiet heart is a good thing.  It’s praising God even when the walls are crashing down around you, and also when the times are easy and full of blessings!  A quiet heart chooses faith, and discards fear.  A quiet heart talks to God.
A silent heart, however, is not a good thing.  A silent heart forgets God on the mountain tops, and fears God in the valleys.  A silent heart distrusts God.  A silent heart is disgruntled, disappointed, and discouraged.
Put plainly, a silent heart stops talking to the LORD.

Don’t ever stop talking to the Lord.
He’s good.
You can trust Him.
And say with David, “…that my heart may sing to you and not be silent”!

SING
to the LORD,
All you saints of His.
PRAISE
His holy name !

For He has lifted us
UP
out of the depths
and the grave !

He continues in
MERCY
He is our
HELP.

For what good
will it do if our
VOICES
are silenced?

So…

SING
to the LORD
all you saints of His !

For His anger lasts but a moment…
but His favor lasts
a LIFETIME !

Our weeping my last for a night…
but our JOY comes
in the MORNING !

The LORD has turned our
WEEPING into DANCING
and
He has clothed us in JOY !

Our hearts will
SING to our God !
We will not be SILENT !
We will give thanks
FOREVER !

~Read or Listen to Psalm 30.

~Praying Psalm 31 is next!

~Praying the Psalms Table of Contents~

–Psalm 1
–Psalm 2 & 3
–Psalm 4
–Psalm 5
–Psalm 6 & 7
–Psalm 8
–Psalm 9
–Psalm 10
–Psalm 11
–Psalm 12
–Psalm 13
–Psalm 14
–Psalm 15
–Psalm 16
–Psalm 17
–Psalm 18
–Psalm 19
–Psalm 20
–Psalm 21
–Psalm 22
–Psalm 23
–Psalm 24
–Psalm 25
–Psalm 26
–Psalm 27
–Psalm 28
–Psalm 29
–Psalm 30
–Psalm 31
–Psalm 32
–Psalm 33
–Psalm 34
–Psalm 35
–Psalm 36