Today’s the day, and I’m publishing early. Surgery to relieve my enlarged prostate is scheduled for today, Thursday, February 27, 10:30a, MST. Please pray for my friend and fellow believer Dr. John Mancini and his team. It’s an out-patient procedure. We report at 9:00a and can go home as soon as I recover from anesthesia.

We finished Book 1 of the Psalms yesterday with Psalm 41, which opens:

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. (Psalm 41.0 – 3, NKJV)

“The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness…”

Psalm 41 and Psalms, Book 1, ends:

But You, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them. By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me. As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. (Psalm 41.10 – 13, NKJV)