Topic > Disorientation in the Psalter - 885

There is no doubt that the psalms are the key to spirituality and embark on a journey towards true intimacy with God. In the book of Psalms, the movement of the psalms portrays a symmetrical and full of life happiness compared to a life that somehow ended up on the ground. However, through God's grace, life is healed until it reaches a state of renewal in which praise and thanks are raised. These themes are common throughout the Psalter. These are the themes that Walter Brueggemann calls the periods of orientation, disorientation and reorientation mentioned above. It is these three themes that we must embrace as one to fully experience the Psalter. Because "the Psalms are not addressed only to God. They are a voice of the Gospel, the good word of God for God's faithful people" (pp. 2). Without the entire Psalter, how could one be able to grasp the complete aspect of the Gospel? This is how the psalms become truly spiritual: orientation, disorientation, and newness