It’s been a challenging week here at our house. Monday night Tyler came down with the flu again–we had a long night. I was on the phone with the doctor’s office all day Tuesday as poor Tyler battled a fever. It was so hard to see the thermometer reading 103F. By night it had come down to 99F and we never had to take him in. Bobby had to stay home again from work Tuesday, because he can’t seem to shake what he has. By today its settled into a bad cough, but the humidifier is really helping. I don’t know how, but I have not gotten sick during this whole escapade, so hopefully I’ll stay that way and they will be 100% well soon. The picture on the left is of Tyler at my brother-in-law’s wedding, I just saw it at his blog today and I couldn’t resist posting it here!

I’ve had some time this week, mainly while Bobby and Tyler were napping, to get some things done. I finished reading Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free by Nancy Leigh De Moss, so I’ll be working on that review to post soon. I also rearranged the living room trying to make it a bit more open.[1] It’s a small space and we have just one long couch, so it is tricky. Then I was so excited to move the furniture that I forgot that I’d have to move all the pictures around too, so that took some time to get them all up, but I think I like how it turned out in the end.

Psalm-of-the-Day continues to be a happening page on the [2] Godsongmusic site. Our youth group is reading through Psalms, so at the website the chapter for that day is up and anyone can post a comment or question about it. It really is so encouraging, and like reading through all the comments to think about the unique things that stood out to each person.

Today’s chapter is Psalm 26–

I am so amazed by the boldness of David’s statements, “…I have led a blameless life” (v.1) and “…I lead a blameless life” (v. 11). Bobby preached from Psalm 19 last week and he talked about how God has clearly revealed Himself to us in creation and Scripture. We need to have a right response to Him by confessing sin and committing to blamelessness.(Psalm 15:1-2)

One of the small group discussion questions was–What does it mean to be blameless? This can be a tough question because it is so intrusive. We hide our sin and the idea of blameless is that there is nothing that anyone could have to accuse or blame us of. So if I’m watching a questionable TV show or pouring over worldly magazines week in and week out, being blameless probably isn’t at the top of my list. Being blameless brings to mind the attitude that says “How holy can I be?” Not “How much can I get away with?”

In Psalm 26 David really illuminates this idea of being blameless because in stating that he is blameless he describes what that looks like in his own life.