Landscape of Hope: An Illustrated Journey Into the PsalmsНамуна
Outfoxing God
As the days and years pass in the life of each person, character is revealed. With each step through time, integrity and vice are exposed in the community. Here
we stand, this song declares, a result of decisions made and ambitions followed. Nineteenth-century philosopher-poet Ralph Waldo Emerson captured it well: “The force of character is cumulative. All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this.”
Every movement made is recorded through time, clearly seen by the eternal Onlooker. There’s no hiding or projecting of a canonized self! We are seen; we are known.
The path of the righteous, states the psalmist, is in an eternal connection, a living bond. The way of the wicked, their desires and dreams, are cut off from this union, this life.
The contrasts in this song pull us to the tree by the river (verse 3), refreshed, rooted, and fruitful. They invite us to make choices on this day, in this hour, to strengthen those roots.
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About this Plan
Through the medium of art and words, artist and Bible teacher Heather Holdsworth shares an illustrated journey into the Psalms. Landscape of Hope takes passages that have become familiar—perhaps too familiar—and reveals their soul-strengthening, heart-restoring power. Through artwork and commentary, readers find themselves deeply engaging with the Bible and the triune God.
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