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The writers of the book of Psalms lived in a
world where war, fear and doubt simultaneously existed with hope, the
beauty of God's creation and the sure knowledge that God is our
deliverance.
Much like our world today.
Contemporary psalmist
Jessica Grant, age 13, laments: "I'm looking for you, but I keep
hitting dead ends. I am so lost; I wish to find you.
"Are you
hiding from me, or are you there, waiting for me to open my eyes and
heart? I believe I will find you. It won't be an easy path, and when I
find you it will be for good. You are the light ...."
Ann
Taylor, 13, another young psalmist, ponders God's creation: "I look out
in the field at the wild galloping horses with the stars above them,
wondering how God came up with these wonderful things."
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