The Primer for the Journey

A key premise for Waking Up Slowly is based on a beautiful Psalm of David. Psalm 139 is one of the most inspiring Psalms in Scripture. We don’t know when David wrote this stirring account of God’s indescribable attributes. Some believe he wrote it as a shepherd while gazing at the stars and the enormity of the heavens. Some feel he wrote it when he became king over Israel. As a more experienced human being myself (that is PC for old) it certainly feels like David had to have lived a little more life in order to write such a majestic dialog with God. But the truth is we just don’t know. David made three observations about the greatness of God. God knows everything about us. God is everywhere we are. God ordains everything about you. If those statements are true about God then it should change how we go about our daily business. The Psalmist writes that God knows