The Way To Happiness
Photo by Mat Reding on Unsplash We often find ourselves at crossroads during our life. Which way should we go? What is the way to happiness? Psalm 119 is the longest Psalm in the Bible and it has funny words starting each paragraph. This is because it is an acrostic poem where each of the stanza starts with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Granted those of us who are not fluent in Hebrew miss the structural impact of the flawless beauty of this Psalm. My goal in exploring Psalm 119 is to write very short pieces in which we make this Psalm and the Hebrew Alphabet a tool for praying and connecting with the Father. I thought this was interesting "The Hebrew word for "letter" is ot ( אוֹת ), which can also mean "sign" or "wonder." Each letter of the Aleph-Bet, then, may contain signs that point to wonderful truths about life. According to midrash, the LORD God Himself taught the alphabet (along with the numer...