I have family members who enjoy the New York Times daily word game “Connections.” The game consists of sixteen random words that need to be organized into four groups of four, each group with its own distinct theme. Some of the groups are easy to figure out, like the words interval, period, span and stretch are examples of duration. Others are not as straightforward, such as fair, marple, popular and psalm. The connecting theme for these words is revealed at the end of the blog. Speaking of connections, verses 5 and 6 in Psalm 24 provide the following four words which got my attention – seek, righteousness, worship and blessing.

(Reading time – 11 mins.)