Nurture in me the things that will grow into eternity, that will have a home in the “city you will establish forever.”

There are two approaches that have transformed my reading of Psalm 119, and made it one of my favorite books of the Bible.

You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. -Ps. 139:5

Psalm 139 was an anchor and comfort for me when I was in the hospital for three weeks awaiting Henry’s birth, and is a monument to God’s tender care for the two of us in that season.