Watching Daily At My Gates
February 8 Read Psalm 32. This psalm and its companion, Psalm 51, recount David’s journey back to blessedness after his sin concerning Bathsheba and Uriah. Notice the first word of each of the first two verses. We have encountered that word before, in Psalm 1, and it is also the first word of the each of the Beatitudes of Matthew 5. That word can be translated “happy.” True happiness can only be found when the sinner knows his sin, is forgiven of that sin, and can walk in a way of...