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The Root That Remains

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  The Root That Remains  “But I am like an olive tree flourishing  in the house of God;  I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.” — Psalm 52:8       A few days ago I was leaving a voice message to Leslie about Psalm 52.  I started a tradition of reading a Psalm to her and leaving a few thoughts.  Some Psalms strike a cord, other ones feel flat.  Psalm 52 orginally felt like it was going to be a flatter devotional.  I struggled to find an application.  But the Holy Spirit grabbed ahold of me and showed some beautiful truths that I hadn't seen with any previous reading.  You need to know that I read through the Psalms twice a year.  I've done this for probably ten plus years.  That means I've read this Psalm over twenty time and I had zero notes on it.  I had never studied the passage let alone preached or taught on it.  But this Psalm drew me in.       Context is king and the co...