Chris Gribble

Be yourself - Everyone else is taken (Oscar Wilde)

A reflection on Psalm 96

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I spent too long wallowing in failure,
From now on I intend to be completely real,
Remembering God will be my first task each day,
Discovering new ways God has loved me,
His voice is heard everywhere,
And, now my voice joins with him,
My out of tune cracked record,
Now is singing in perfect tune.

I will give to God what belongs to him,
My life completely committed to him,
I tried living my way but I was a disaster,
I’ve handed it all over to God,
Even my everyday worries that I want to keep,
Are now safely given to God to solve.

My life is now God centred,
All my distractions were taken from me,
There is only room for me to praise God,
I find new songs to sing each day,
And, new expressions of God’s praise everywhere,
I love singing with my God every day.

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In the Psalms I have discovered firsthand some of the rawness and pain experienced by the Psalmist. This ebook is the first 40 Psalms that I have put in my own words. They are a reflection of what was written by the original writer and then brought to our world today. They reflect many of the themes that are common to discouraged, depressed, anxious, fearful people. At times some or all of these things have been true for me. I have used some of these experience and cried out with the Psalmist in my writing.

One definition of found poetry is, “it’s the literary version of a collage”. In finding these Psalms I have gathered together my emotions, feelings and pain and sought to “find” my understanding of what David was saying. It’s the worst possible translation methodology but it’s been a great personal re-discovery of God.

The 40 day journey is a chance to take some time out and listen to God’s voice. God’s praise will last for eternity, we have the great privilege to begin that praise now.

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