Christian consciousness begins in the painful realization that what we had assumed was the truth is in fact a lie rdquo Eugene Peterson wrote in his powerful reflections on Psalm Psalm is the first of the ldquo psalms of ascent rdquo Psalms ndash sung by pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem And as Peterson explored in nbsp A Long Obedience in the Same Direction nbsp InterVarsity Press nbsp nbsp these psalms also offer us a picture of the spiritual journey toward God That journey can only begin with profound awareness of our need for something different As Peterson puts it
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