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O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my esh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land,
where no water is . . . (KJ Psalms 63:1)
“O, I’ a er spul p
sn. I jus dn’ muh lk
nsunl lgn.” Hw n d w
h
h? Th
s
p
pl
mgh b
sups
d l
n h humns all “v
y spul,” h w
’
all dwn wh l
s b
hnd h
wld w
lv
n.
Bsng s s
h n 40 sud
s k
n n 20 un
s,
Oxd Unv
sy’s “Cgnn, R
lgn, nd Th
lgy
Pj
” hs d
mn
d h lgus b
l
vng s nsnul nn
humnknd. R
lgn, s Oxd Unv
sy
p
ss Rg
Tgg d
sb
d , s “unv
sl, p
vl
n,
nd d
p d” n ll ulu
s. “W
nd s
pups
n
h
wld,” Tgg nlud
d. “W
hnk h sm
hng s
h
v
n yu n’ s
” (Clbugh).
Ah
ss nd s
ulss wll lk
ly s
hs lgus
mpuls
s n
gv
n
, sm
hng ndvduls nd s
y
mus “gw u ,” sd Tgg. Bu h
n h
nnu
d:
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Lii Lare
R
lgus p
pl
wuld sy, ‘I h
s Gd, h
n . . .
h
wuld hv
gv
n us nlnns lk hm.’
(Clbugh)
And h
’s gh. I’m n
hs
lgus p
pl
wh
wuld sy h. I d nd
d b
l
v
h Gd hs pl
d n
h us h
nlnn nd Hm. I s lwys h
, v
n
wh
n w
hs
n spnd . As Pul w
:
Ths
wh lv
dng h
l
sh hv
h
mnds s
n wh h
l
sh d
s
s; bu hs
wh lv
n dn
wh h
Sp hv
h
mnds s
n wh h
Sp
d
s
s. (NIV Rm. 8:5)
And y
, n m
hw muh w
my wnd
,
s
ng u mnd n sm
humn qu
s dnl bywy,
n m
hw msd
d u lgus mpuls
s mgh
b
m
, hs lngng Gd nd nlnn spuly
s lwys gng b
n us.
Th’s b
us
w
sm
hng m
hn hs nul
wld physl lls nd nsns. Jus s mus s sm
hng m
hn ns
n
s. Jus s s sm
hng m
hn pn px
ls. Whn us s something more. Th’s why
humn h n umph n sp
ll h
vls sk
d
gns . Th’s why w
n shk
wh lugh
n h
mds g
dy nd sh
d s gl
h
subl
s ny
h
ms bvus pll.
W
ll sh
n n uns
n spul m
ldy b
us
Gd’s sp s n v
y humn h
. Ths d
s nd
d mk
lgn sm
hng h
hn “jus quky n
s w” (Tgg, Clbugh). And n’ w
gld.
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