Behind

So the 150 + 1300 in 150 days isn't going as smoothly as I planned. I have a habit of giving up at this point in a project that seems as though it will not come in exactly as planned, but this time...I'm going to stick with it. I just get to realize that the 150 days is a bit out of reach. There's life to be lived, kids whose schedules don't always stay the same, a job that takes early mornings and late nights some times and ministry with some amazing guys at a phenomenal church that sometimes takes precedent. So, I'm still making the attempt at 150 days, but if I don't make it in that time, I'm finishing the psalms with Spurgeon.

Another really hard list of ways we will be living if we are to spend eternity (starting now) in the presence of our God. It follows a deep question from the psalmist "Jehovah, who may abide in your tabernacle (have close fellowship with Him) who may dwell in your holy hill."(live in the close communion and shelter of God)

The list includes honesty, kindness, forgiveness, justice and others. The thing is, have you ever just tried to do all of those things? It's so hard. There are big parts of me that want to hold on to bitterness, that want to promote myself at the expense of others, that want to bend the truth for my own gain. So how do I crush that selfishness? I have to abide in God's Tabernacle and dwell in His holy hill. I must pursue God in His word and in doing so begin to discipline myself to depend on God's Spirit to crush out the dishonesty, unkindness, bitterness and injustices in my own life.