Psalm 91 ~ Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him

Psalm 91

14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he knows my name.
15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation

Today I was reading Matthew 9 and realized something I had been thinking and discussing today. I have always pictured the woman grasping the blue fringe of Jesus. Hard. With faith and complete Will. Determination of focused prayer. Muscular Christianity...

Yet Matthew 9 tells us clearly she touched Jesus' hem. Just as we want Jesus to touch our lives, hearts, thoughts and life.

She was not looking for unshrunk new cloth to change the fabric of her life, she wanted to make the fabric whole and well. A Jesus cured patch, if needed. She wanted the touch of Jesus to create Life, not paralysis. She believed the worthiness and holiness of Jesus covered her request. His association to her, not what she could bring Him. She believed dead hopes would rise. She hoped in Jesus - He had compassion for her, because she was harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

The person of faith Jesus looks for desires mercy, not sacrifice.

Jesus was displaying a Gentle Holy Spirit not a rigid dress of the 'religious'.



This would show us, this 'showing' of the Holy Spirit, would show us what Jesus says about His Father. Each day Jesus works only in the willingness of God. Jesus says He does the work God gives Him to do, Jesus tells us He has no power apart from the Father. St. Augustine says we do what we can with the quiet lives we have.  And in trying to please Father of All,  Father of Jesus, Creator of All Things - visible and invisible - we please God in believing in His Goodness and His Willingness. John calls this Grace upon Grace - God of Love.


Jesus arrives to fill all the Word of God. With what He gives us, we would not want to be unappreciative and instead in our relationship with God - we lean on His Love, Mercy and Goodness. This is God we approach with confidence, love and appreciation.







I learned today of the tallit - the fringe. Can you picture Jesus wearing something showy or more Jesus like?

Eventually the tallit was no longer worn as an outer garment but an inner one. Some think this change took place after Israel was exiled from the land into Babylon because the tallit wearer, clearly marked as a Jew, would have been subject to persecution or discrimination. The Bible changes the definitions in Ezekiel. Very religious Jews would wear the “innerwear” tallit, with only the fringes visible. In this way they fulfill the commandment of Numbers 15:39, which requires the wearer to “look upon” the fringes. This inner tallit is called the tallit katan (tah-LEET ka-TAN) or small tallit.


The tzitzit originally contained a cord or thread dyed blue. After the Roman wars (70 A.D.), the dye industry suffered a severe recession. The community became poor, and the requirement of the blue cord was dropped. According to others, the color changed to all white when a dispute arose as to what shade of blue. At the time of Jesus' natural death, and the destruction of Jerusalem and Temple, the color of the cords became white.


Jacob Milgrom, Numbers. The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation (Philadelphia and New York: Jewish Publication Society, 1990), p. 411. Much of the following material on the significance of the tzitzit is based on Milgrom’s discussion.

Ezekiel 44:17 does not contradict this, because many of the regulations described for Ezekiel’s temple are different than the laws found in the Five Books of Moses. The Mishnah (Kilayim 9:1) confirms that the priests who served in the Temple in the time around Christ wore the linen-and-wool mixture.




Our Abba,

We come to You seeking Your real help and Love. Not the paralysis of doubt and loss, instead boldly and with confidence Jesus says, "My Father and Yours." We enter into prayer with You, our conversation.

We touch the living Jesus. Still at work with His Father. Asking like John 17, You to pray for us and with us, Jesus.

We thank You, Abba, for the Life of Jesus. The Sacrifice Jesus made. The Mercy covering us. Requiring our mercy to others in gratitude.

You will be the fabric of our lives, we will live, move and have our being - our essence - our soul with You. We will see Your willingness in our lives. When we seek to see You.

We believe the worthiness and holiness of Jesus covers our requests. Jesus Love for us, not what we could bring to You Almighty Father. We believed dead hopes rise. We love Jesus - He has compassion for us, because we are harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

The person of faith Jesus looks for desires mercy, not sacrifice. With Your help, we will see Your willingness and go with Your blessings to bless others. Asking health, provision, Love, Joy, peace, encouraging qualities, encouragement and faith. Lifting up our loved ones to be Loved and held in Your Path for goodness, protection, abundant Life. Lifting our communities, jobs, Churches and government to the gracious blessing of God our Father.

And rest our cares with You, Father God. Amen in Jesus and Your Good Will be done.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves †