Today, we were tired. We made it quick one. We sang two hymns: O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing and something else… need to look back in the hymnal.

O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace!

My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name.

Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
’Tis music in the sinner’s ears,
’Tis life, and health, and peace.

He breaks the power of canceled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood availed for me.

We confessed that we had not thought about God most of the day and it was during this small time of worship that our hearts were brought back to him.

We read Psalm 88 together. This is one of the darkest Psalms and it ends with the writer alone in darkness with his friends all shunning him.

Striking verses were 1, 9, and 13 which calls out to the LORD for help despite the darkness. I wondered why he would do that. The commentary stated that the Psalmist attributed the situation to God (v. 6, 15, etc.) and that only God could comfort and protect him.

We finished with prayer and again interrupted by potty break and with a benediction and doxology.