Psalms SOAP: The mediations of my heart and words of my mouth

May 10, 2010

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Day 10 of the Psalms in 60 Days

Today’s Reading: Psalms 25-27

I’m actually going to share my SOAP from the reading for Day 8, which was Psalms 19-21. This verse has stuck with me all weekend. Tomorrow I plan to be back on track and share from tomorrow’s reading… unless I hear another plan from Him again. :)

Scripture: Psalm 19: 14

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be pleasing in your sight,

O Lord, my Rock and Redeemer.

Observation: God wants both our words and thoughts to be centered on what is true and right.

Application: He wants is all, and I should strive to clean up all of me.

I should work to even make all the thoughts in my heart pure.

A few days ago I was quietly irritated with something. I wanted to share my frustration with my husband, or another friend, to let off steam. But then this verse kept echoing in my head. And I couldn’t help but realize that just letting off steam wasn’t going to make the situation better, but instead would just perpetuate the frustration as I looked for validation in having my opinion. Griping about it was not going to help anything, and probably wouldn’t be all that pleasing to the Lord. So I held it in for a few days, until, to be honest, my ego got the best of me and I had to blurt it out to my husband.

But, really, why did I need to do that? Sharing with him wasn’t going to fix the situation. It had nothing to do with him.

Instead I should have either decided to address the issue head on or let it go completely. No holding on to the frustration. No letting off steam. Just let it go.. and work to make the meditation of my heart and words of my mouth be pleasing.

Prayer: Lord, Please guide me in dealing with irritation better. Sharing why I am irritated with someone else’s actions is not going to solve the problem. And holding on to that frustration is certainly not to going to help anything.

Please, please, please guide my heart in becoming more like yours: forgiving and kind. And help my words and thoughts to be more pleasing to you.

Don’t let me honor Satan by harboring frustration or irritation or sharing that irritation and frustration. Remind me to come to you, share it with you, seek your council and move on as you would have me do.

Thank you, Lord, for your forgiveness and the grace you continually extend.

Tomorrow’s Reading: Psalms 28-30

(For a look at the entire 60 Days of Psalms schedule, please follow this link.)

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10 responses to “Psalms SOAP: The mediations of my heart and words of my mouth”

jenb

May 12, 2010

sorry.. I still don’t understand…. shouldn’t we need to unload our frustrations to get it out of our system? precisely to make us feel better? It is usually after we unload that we can forget or accept about what irritates us. Or complaining became normal behavior in our society that I think it is right?

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Mandy

May 11, 2010

We learned this verse as children, at our parents’ leading, and it has stuck with me for most of my life. Funny how it just comes to mind when I have a super unpleasant attitude about something! I am now instilling the same Scripture in my children, and hoping it will have the same effect on them! :)
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Somebody’s Mimi

May 10, 2010

Thanks for explaining… I understand the application much better.

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Somebody’s Mimi

May 10, 2010

I don’t quite understand. Does that mean we shouldn’t share our frustrations with someone we trust will understand? I’m not talking about yelling and screaming, but just discussing a problem? If someone does something to you or says something to you that hurts you… can you discuss that with a friend and God? If a person hurts you shouldn’t you tell that person that you didn’t like what they did? Shouldn’t you be honest and discuss it? Or am I missing the whole point?

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1. Amy
  
  May 10, 2010
  
  I think that discussing a problem for the purpose of reaching a solution or a better understanding of the matter is a great idea, whereas just letting off steam and/or complaining is not.
  
  Sometimes I share things because I genuinely want someone else’s opinion so I can fix the situation or understand the error in MY ways. I think that is okay. But sometimes I want to just unload on someone to make myself feel better. I don’t think that is what God intends for us to do.
  
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Penny Lane

May 10, 2010

Thank you for your post. I struggle with this aswell, but don’t last a few days, maybe a few hours. I think this went nicely hand in hand with the scriputre from today that stood out to me Psalms 26: 1-3 (ok several stood out and in the end I couldn’t just pick 1, I like the promises that came with this verse.) I did my reading woo hoo and even a S.O.A.P. I will be ready for our 90 day journey :)

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Rach

May 10, 2010

I struggle alot with the words that I say… I am very judgemental- of course I think it’s “ok” because I only say them to my husband {bad idea} . We have both been working on our speech. You don’t realize how bad it is, until you really focus on cleaning it up- alot of times I just don’t speak :)
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Charissa @ MiMi’s Babies

May 10, 2010

Thank you for sharing! I needed this today. Too often little things have been irritating and I need to do a better job of not whining to my husband.
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Shirley Rempel

May 10, 2010

Thank you for your post, I really needed to hear this today. Be blessed:)
.-= Shirley Rempel´s last blog ..The Message: Oasis Audio Review =-.

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