"Guide my steps by your word,
so I will not be overcome by evil." Psalm 119:133 (NLT)

Meditation: Lord, your word speaks comfort to me, for I see that you understand me and love me despite all my flaws.

"LORD, how great is your mercy;
let me be revived by following your regulations."
Psalm 119:156 (NLT)

Meditation: I shall not die, but live because I obey God's word.

"Those who love your instructions have great peace
and do not stumble." Psalm 119:165 (NLT)

Meditation: Lord, you have made my crooked ways straight again and I am reborn! Alleluia! Your word has brought me peace.

"How I suffer in far-off Meshech.
It pains me to live in distant Kedar." Psalm 120:5 (NLT)

Meditation: (Meshech and Kedar were barbaric tribes near Israel. The psalmist is complaining that it is difficult to live a spiritual life among heathens.) I pray that the wicked will repent, but I will not let them distract me from following the Lord's path. 

"I search for peace;
but when I speak of peace, they want war!" Psalm 120:7 (NLT)

Meditation: Light and darkness are incompatible. I chose the light, but I do not curse the darkness. Rather, I pray that they who abide in the darkness will one day bask in the light of God's peace that "passeth all understanding." 

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