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Psalm 1½

What is something you would not recommend attempting before reading the accompanying instructions or directions? Assembling IKEA furniture? Learning a board game? Taking a new prescription? Operating heavy equipment? Knitting a sweater? Our cats are especially guilty of that last one.

Without following the directions, the process can be very frustrating and can lead to some interesting and unintended results.

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Identity Issues

Today, the pursuit of identity is a popular topic. People tend to identify with others who have shared interests, political ideologies, ethnicity, religion, age, location, etc. There is also a tendency to identify oneself and others based on individual appearance, self-expression, life experience, gender, etc.  People have a deep need to be part of a group while at the same time expressing their own individuality.

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Listening in 2024

How can I incorporate the Psalms in 2024? Looking ahead I challenged myself to read through the Psalms in 2024. After thinking about that, I realized it’s not exactly much of a challenge. How about meditating through the Psalms in a year?

The post, The Lion, Mr. Strickland and The Silver Chair, described meditation, both the simplicity and the value of meditation or listening to God. As Richard Foster pointed out, by assimilating God’s word into our thinking and living, it infiltrates our spirit and our soul. It becomes part of our lives.

In that vein, I’ve shared a reading plan below to meditate on the Psalms over the course of the year. Unlike many reading plans, this plan is divided into weeks, which provides more freedom but also gives more time to chew on the individual Psalms. The readings are a reasonable length so that they can be repeated enabling the reader to think about that scripture throughout the week. There are fifty weeks which allows for a two week break.

You might come across verses that resonate with you, that you highlight or underline and that you want to commit to memory. You can also journal as you read through the Psalms and see how God speaks to you.

I invite you to join me in meditating the Psalms for 2024. There is a link to download a pdf version, or scroll further to see the entire schedule. Blessings for 2024!

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Psalms Bible Reading Schedule

Week 1 – Psalms 1-3Week 26 – Psalms 76-78
Week 2 – Psalms 4-6Week 27 – Psalms 79-81
Week 3 – Psalms 7-9Week 28 – Psalms 82-85
Week 4 – Psalms 10-12Week 29 – Psalms 86-89
Week 5 – Psalms 13-15Week 30 – Psalms 90-92
Week 6 – Psalms 16-18Week 31 – Psalms 93-95
Week 7 – Psalms 19-21Week 32 – Psalms 96-99
Week 8 – Psalms 22-23Week 33 – Psalms 100-103
Week 9 – Psalms 24-26Week 34 – Psalms 104-405
Week 10 – Psalms 27-30Week 35 – Psalms 106
Week 11 – Psalms 31-32Week 36 – Psalms 107-108
Week 12 – Psalms 33-35Week 37 – Psalms 109-112
Week 13 – Psalms 36-38Week 38 – Psalms 113-116
Week 14 – Psalms 39-41Week 39 – Psalms 117-118
Week 15 – Psalms 42-44Week 40 – Psalms 119
Week 16 – Psalms 45-47Week 41 – Psalms 120-123
Week 17 – Psalms 48-50Week 42 – Psalms 124-127
Week 18 – Psalms 51-54Week 43 – Psalms 128-131
Week 19 – Psalms 55-57Week 44 – Psalms 132-134
Week 20 – Psalms 58-60Week 45 – Psalms 135-136
Week 21 – Psalms 61-63Week 46 – Psalms 137-139
Week 22 – Psalms 64-67Week 47 – Psalms 140-142
Week 23 – Psalms 68-69Week 48 – Psalms 143-145
Week 24 – Psalms 70-72Week 49 – Psalms 146-147
Week 25 – Psalms 73-75Week 50 – Psalms 148-150

Source: https://www.smore.com/5tkf-psalms-in-a-year