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\u201cMy soul,\u201d the psalmist announces, \u201cis consumed in its longing for Your mishpatim<\/em>\/commandments\u201d (119:20). Actually, the word \u201cconsumed\u201d means \u201ccrushed\u201d (garas<\/em>). My soul, he says, is broken into pieces because it so longs to commune with God through hearing from God.
\nTo be honest, most of us part ways from the psalmist. How often do I so long to hear from God, how often do I so long to commune with God, that I sense that my being is falling into pieces because of that desire?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cMy soul,\u201d the psalmist announces, \u201cis consumed in its longing for Your mishpatim\/commandments\u201d (119:20). Actually, the word \u201cconsumed\u201d means \u201ccrushed\u201d (garas). My soul, he says, is broken into pieces because it so longs to commune with God through hearing from God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1753],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalm-119"],"yoast_head":"\nConsumed?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""My soul," the psalmist announces, "is consumed in its longing for Your mishpatim\/commandments" (119:20). 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