Four Keys to a Contemplative Life (Courtesy of Psalm 37)

For years now I have loved Psalm 37, for it includes one of my favorite verses in all of scripture:

Take delight in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)

But there’s much more to this Psalm than that one splendid verse, excellent as it is.

I’ve been reading Alexander Ryrie’s Silent Waiting: The Biblical Roots of Contempl…