Psalm 118
Day 118: Be blessed!
Anything worth saying is worth repeating
Some things need to be said more than once.
His love endures for ever.
His love endures for ever.
His love endures for ever.
His love endures for ever.
The Lord is with me.
The Lord is with me.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord.
(my enemy) surrounded me but in the name of the Lord I cut them off.
(my enemy) surrounded me but in the name of the Lord I cut them off.
In the name of the Lord I cut them off.
The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things.
The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things.
Open for me the gates of righteousness.
The gates of the Lord through which the righteous enter.
He has become my salvation.
You have become my salvation.
You are my God.
You are my God.
Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.
Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.
For the more learned than me they will understand the importance of repetition. They know what alliteration, assonance, consonance and rhyme really are. All I know is that they are chosen for the same purpose, that of attention-drawing and creating patterns pleasing to the ear.
We need to build repetition into our thought-life. Our minds need to be focused and captured by the Lord. We need to create new patterns of thinking.
Today, take some of the repetitions in this Psalm and begin to speak them out, memorise them, meditate on them, write them down.
Anything worth saying is worth repeating.
Be blessed
Missions Paul 