Todays Beginning

Psalm 136:1 (AMP), "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever." Wednesday... So, what is the first thing to do? We have been moving. We have moved from one community into another one here in Las Vegas. I have jokingly said, "We are moving to be with our people. Old people." We have moved into Sun City Summerlin which is a 55 and older community.  But we have also downsized and that is real work. So I have been posting scriptures each morning but have not been posting TODAYS BEGINNING until today. God's Word is always an encouragement, isn't it? Now the first verse I read today is this verse which is a great way to start a new day, a new endeavor and a new location. "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good." And that is so true.  We are so excited about our new location, our new home. It definitely has God's hand all over it. Now the full garage tells us the job isn't ov

Psalm 119:140 (NLT), "Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much." Thursday... Life has its distractions, doesn't it? I was sitting here at my computer and I did what I was suppose to do to connect with where I write and it wasn't connecting but then a choice popped up on my screen and one of the choices was wait so I pushed that option and here we are. Yes life has its distractions. In Psalm 119 the writer says in verse 148, "I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promises" and that is definitely a distraction but as it says we can use it to wait and dwell on God's promises. And verse 140 says, "Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much." Yes, we can use those distractions. Proverbs 3:24-26 says, "You can go to bed without fear; you will lie down and sleep soundly. You need not be afraid of sudden disaster or the destruction that comes upon the wicked, both the

Psalm 119:105 (New Living Translation), "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path." Wednesday... Such a tremendous blessing and it needs to be shared. Both of my parents were Christians. They are both now in heaven and both of those facts have and are a tremendous blessing to me, especially their sharing with me the Bible.   Today's highlighted verse was one of many verses in the Bible that my mom had me memorized as a child. That was a definite blessing for me and my life. Now I memorized it in the King James Version of the Bible and it says it this way, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."  I have been introduced to many different versions of the Bible which helps me in my understanding and one of the modern versions of the Bible, The Message Paraphrase says it this way, "By your words I can see where I'm going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path." And we definitely have so many dark paths in our

Psalm 119:73 (NLT), "You made me, you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands." Tuesday... There are so many things that I want, and this is for sure one of them. It really is. Here, the one who made us, created us wants to give us the sense to follow his commands.  We are in the midst of moving from one neighborhood to another. We're moving into Sun City, a 55 and older community. And I jokingly say that I want to be with my people, old people.  The truth is there are other reasons why. Well, I had to go over to the new house to unlock the door for the cleaners but I got in there and I couldn't get the Air Conditioner on and I knew the cleaners would need it on because we are still in the 100's but I couldn't figure it out until I realized that a worker yesterday had unplugged it. If I would have called him I would have known what to do. And that would have made sense but I kept at it trying to figure out what to do. And so many live life th

Psalm 120:1 (NLT) says, "I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer." Monday... So where do we turn when in trouble? It seems that trouble is all around us, isn't it? So it is a good thing to know where to turn. Psalm 119:2-3 says, "Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts. They do not compromise with evil, and they walk in his paths." And there are so many benefits when we do this. Such as what Psalm 120:1 says, "I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried to him, and he answered my prayer." And that is a definite benefit. Then back to Psalm 119:49-50 and it says, "Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles." The Amplified Bible says in verse 50, "This is my comfort in my affliction, that your word has revived me and given me life." Romans 10:4 says, "For Christ is the end of the law [it leads to H

Psalm 117:2 (NLT) says, "For his unfailing love is powerful; the Lord's faithfulness endures forever. Praise the Lord."  Friday... Over and over they writ e. I have read the Psalms for nearly 50 years and these two descriptions are written about our Lord, our God over and over. Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Psalms and even in the whole Bible and these two descriptions are highlighted here in this chapter. It must mean that God wants us to be reinforced in these two characteristics, these descriptions, these facts about him. And we are to praise the Lord. They are so important. They are unfailing love and faithfulness. Now they really do go together, unfailing love and faithfulness go together. If I really love my spouse then I will be faithful. God has shown us by living out those facts. Now the description is that unfailing love is powerful. Everything that happens to those who follow him must go through that unfailing love and it is so powerful that no matter