Psalm 1

We're studying Psalm 1 in the Wednesday morning bible study I just joined, and it's a cool Psalm. It reminds me of my grandpa, who has a poem about trees on his headstone (he's still living; he just has his headstone already). I can't remember the poem, but it has to do with trees, as does Psalm 1. My grandpa loves trees and wood and building things, and he's a great example of a man who is "planted by streams of water." I'm praying today that all of my children and stepchildren recognize the importance of who they "walk in the counsel of" and choose friends who help them to prosper - not wither. 

Psalm 1:
1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Of course, I shared this with John, and, of course, he knows it from  memory. So my goal is to memorize it too...so far, I can get "blessed is the man who" and then I start to get confused. Argh.