Thank you for subscribing-may these words bring a quiet moment of peace and reflection to your day.
My Daily Musings-August 20th, 2026
As I listened to some of the chapters in Psalms in the Old Testament this week, I noticed that there was a word I wasn’t familiar with: selah. It was usually right before a chapter was over. I researched it, and although we aren’t totally sure what it meant in Hebrew or back when the Psalms were written, we think the general meaning is to pause, reflect, let something sink deep into your heart, or consider what you have just read. I like this definition, so we’ll go with it.
I thought that it’s interesting when we are reading scriptures, that one person can interpret the meaning one way while another person can interpret the same passage differently. It all depends on what we are going through at the time and how we will interpret it. If I reread a scripture I have read many times before, then something different sticks out to me than ever has before.
I love to write about my interpretation of scripture verses on here because the same verse might mean something different to you. I also love to reflect on the scriptures. I usually just listen to my scriptures every morning because it’s the easier way for me to read them. When I’m listening, something jumps out at me, and the Spirit says to me, “You need to reflect on this and write about it.” So I jot it down on my phone and write about it later. Maybe that is one reason I love the idea of selah—to pause when something in God’s Word stands out to me and give myself time to reflect on what it might mean in my life.
Have you ever read a Scripture verse many times and suddenly noticed something you had never noticed before? What helps you slow down and let God’s Word sink deeper into your heart?
