Psalm 1

You know how you should kinda ease your way into new things?

Well that didn't happen.

On day one of the Psalm experiment, I woke up to a faith sledgehammer in the face of how far from living out Psalm 1 I am. Before I got to work (a 15 minute drive) I'd walked in step with the wicked by getting angry at bad drivers, and sat in the seat of mockers by making fun of the Prius driver holding up traffic.

The first thing I learned from that was that the first Psalm is about habits. Those I have are bad ones. They start by just one day of letting a temper get the best of me, or a small slip of the tongue or glance of the eye. Subtly, the instances have grown, and now they are habits.

Which led me to the second lesson of the day: I am not righteous.

Sure, we all know this, but when it is placed in the context of this Psalm, it's very evident. This Psalm says that the righteous will be prosperous in all they do. Today, everything I did turned to crap. Bills came in that weren't expected, a full jar of jelly was dropped and shattered by one of the kids, more business red tape for the Gate came up- I was totally overwhelmed, and I cracked. I got angry. I got frustrated. I got kinda depressed.

Then, in the midst, God said, "See, you're not so good after all."

Not in the "Gotcha!" way, but in the "It's time to wake up and see what's going on" way.

So, that's day one. Let's hope day 2 is just as informative and challenging.

But, maybe a little more happy?