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Emotional Meditation—By Micah Siemens “All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.” (v.5) There’s a particular weariness that comes from being misrepresented. From knowing that no matter what you say or do, it will be twisted. The psalmist feels that weight here. Not just attacked, but studied—his words…
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Emotional Meditation—By Micah Siemens “Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me.” (v.1) This psalm opens with pressure. Not imagined fear, but lived experience. All day long. That phrase carries exhaustion in it. The kind that doesn’t let up. The kind that makes you aware…
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Emotional Meditation—By Micah Siemens “Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.” (v.22) These words often get lifted out of context and turned into something light and motivational. But here—after anxiety, betrayal, rage, and relentless prayer—they feel heavier, truer, earned. This isn’t a…
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Emotional Meditation—By Micah Siemens “But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.” (v.16) This column opens with a decision. Not a feeling—a choice. After anxiety, after betrayal, after rage that barely found words, the psalmist does something quietly radical: he turns again toward God. Not because the pain is gone, but because…
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The Sword That Does Not bleed A Snap-Fiction Story By Micah Siemens The blade found him before he saw the hand that held it. There was no flash of steel, no dramatic arc—only a sudden resistance in his body, as though something essential had been interrupted. The pain arrived a breath later, cold and deliberate,…
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Emotional Meditation—By Micah Siemens “Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.” (v.9) The tone shifts here—not away from pain, but deeper into it. The psalmist looks outward now, and what he sees is chaos layered upon chaos. Violence isn’t isolated; it’s woven into the streets, the systems,…
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Emotional Meditation—By Micah Siemens “Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan.” (vv.1–2) This psalm opens with urgency—not poetic calmness, but noise. The kind that lives inside the chest when thoughts won’t…
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Emotional Meditation By Micah Siemens Psalm 54 is a prayer born out of betrayal. Its heading tells us that enemies are not distant strangers but people who know the psalmist’s name and whereabouts. This gives the psalm its emotional weight from the very first verse. “Save me, O God, by your name.” The psalm opens…
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An Emotional Meditation By Micah Siemens “Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.” (v.6) The psalm ends not with anger, but longing. Not with strategy, but prayer. After all the brokenness, the psalmist doesn’t ask for annihilation—he…
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A Snap-Fiction story By Micah Siemens They called it the Fallen Winded Path because it descended without ever seeming to slope.Wide enough for armies, old enough to forget its own beginning, it breathed cold even in summer. From a distance it looked passable—almost welcoming—but those who stood upon it felt the weight of somewhere already…
