[ThatMan]

Originally Posted by PEC85

I spent some time in a less than coherent state in a psych ward. I was visited by a young man with a name tag reading "Angel" on it. Hand written like any usual visitor. He walked the halls with me. We had a conversation but I do not remember the majority of it. He told me the only book of the Bible I will ever need to read is the book of Psalms and placed a book of Psalms on my hospital bed. When I was returned to my room after spending time in a kind of solitary confinement for very sick patients it wasn't there. But i remembered this and only this. A year later during this rough time we are all going through it was prominent in my mind as I have been struggling to read the Bible. So I humored this Angel and started reading Psalms and to my surprise it has lined up with a lot of happenings in this world as of late but most of all it has been a huge source of comfort.

For example I always, always, always check the case counts in my area at 12:00 for COVID I'm so beyond terrified of this whole ordeal. And now Donald Trump caught it. This is Psalm 91.

Psalm 91
1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [1]
2
I will say [2] of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
3
Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5
You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
8
You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
9
If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge--
10
then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
11
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
12
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14
"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15
He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

This is not the only one but I just wanted to share some of what I'm experiencing. I've never believed in coincidence.

The psalms are very beautiful and they are well known for being very powerful spiritual tools. I had a horrible accident and survived, then from within myself, I felt this powerful desire to sing with joy the Psalms, at that time I barely knew the Bible...