For the times when I feel faint

Sometimes, things fall apart. For me, that happens when I wander away from God. It's not easy to go through life solo, and I have no desire to do so. So, several years ago, I got some really good advice. I was having lunch with my friend/mentor Gary. Gary asked me what was happening with my walk with Jesus, and I told him that I felt I'd wandered away, and that I really thought I'd lost the love, the excitement in my relationship with God. It's hard to keep doing something when you don't feel excited about it, which is no excuse. Gary gave me some good advice, advice that has stuck with me since. He said that I should read through Psalms.

Psalm: a sacred song or hymn.

In the Bible, Psalms is the center book. If you take a bible, let it fall open, likely you'll end up looking at a Psalm. It's the longest book in the Bible, and the one with the largest number of authors. Most of the Psalms were written by David, who is remembered as Israel's greatest king. David is described as "A man after God's own heart." Which is what I want to be. David's psalms are the songs he writes to God, love songs, extolling the wonderful things God has done, and writing about his adoration for God. David wrote some of his psalms as acrostics of the Hebrew alphabet, others he wrote to be sung on his way to the Temple to worship. David's psalms talk about the low times in his life, and how God rescued him. That's what I need.

So, I'm reading through Psalms, and something tiny stuck out to me. When I go to "Biblegateway.com", where I read the Bible online, I type in "PSA35" or whatever number I'm on that day (35 was today). PSA is an acronym for "Public Service Announcement." In some ways, Psalms could be seen as Public Service Announcements, they're about God, and about the wondrous things he does for his people. Psalms, like PSA's are meant to be public, they were sung, and performed publicly, with the intention of reminding the nation of their love for God.

So, as I need to be reminded of my love for God, I'm going through the Psalms. What do you do when you're in need of a reminder?