Today's Beginning

Psalm 116:5 (NLT), "How kind the LORD is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!" Tuesday... It is so amazing! Now we each came into this world with unique personalities. There is no one else who is like us and therein are some problems. There are some with certain personalities that we just do not like but Psalm 116:5 (NLT) says, "How kind the LORD is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!" Yes, that is so amazing! Now verse 2 (NIRV) says, "Because he paid attention to me, I will call out to him as long as I live." And then verse 4, "Then I called out to the LORD. I cried out, LORD save me!" Yes, each one of us are unique but if we call out to him he will save us. That also is amazing. Now Jesus had a unique personality among his twelve disciples. And I'm sure he annoyed a lot of people but God saw something special in him when he called him into his circle. Here is an example. In John 13 Jesus wanted to give his disciples a...

Psalm 115:3 (AMP), "But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases." Monday... He is, so He can! And it is so important for us to see that we can't because we aren't. Psalm 115:3 (AMP) reinforces that fact. It says, "But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases." We are not God! And we really do need to realize that especially in our homes and in our relationships. Yes, Psalm 115:3 (AMP) reinforces that fact. "But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases." Now the Psalmist starts this Psalm in verse 1 (NLT) by saying, "Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness." And there is where we need Him. He has unfailing love and He is faithful and that isn't true of us, if we don't have Him in our life, living through us the way He would live and expects us to live through His help and His example. Have you found that it is so easy to become so petty? T...

Psalm 112:4a (NLT), "Light shines in the darkness for the godly." Friday... We each have our own perspective. We really do. David starts Psalm 102 by saying in verse 1 (NLT), "Praise the Lord." and no matter what we are facing today that is a great place to start. And then he says in verse 4a, "Light shines in the darkness for the godly." I read this morning in Facebook of the death of one of our friends. It was sudden and I am so sorry to those of her family. That is definitely a dark place. And again, I am so sorry. Now death may not be a part of your situation that you are facing today. Yes, we each one have our situation and for many they are dark. But David says "Light shines in the darkness for the godly." And that probably is hard for us to see as we face our dark situation. I also in my reading this morning read in John 11 of some bad news that one of Jesus' good friends was very sick and about to die and his sister had sent a message...

John 10:10 (AMP), "The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly [to the full, till it overflows]." Thursday... So, lets be on the watch? We live in a community where we have no real fences and we do all we can to protect us. There was a gang of thieves who broke into homes even in the middle of the day. They were caught but changes happened to make our homes more secure. We have a dog that we really love and he is a great protector for us but we also must protect him. There are coyotes that wander through our community so we do all we can to protect him from them.  Now Jesus here in John 10 is talking about his sheep and of how he has them in a place that the only way in is through a door. Now some can climb over the stone walls but if they do it is for no good. Yes, inside that wall is safety and an abundant life in other words a more and better life. Jesus says in John 10:10 (AMP), "The thief comes ...

Psalm 110:7 (AMP), "He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head [triumphantly]." Wednesday... Such great pictures! David in Psalm 110 gives us two pictures that helps in times of difficult battles, and David it seems was always in a battle. Now, much of them came from his time of disobedience. Yes, our battles sometimes come as consequences of our disobedience but if we repent God also gives us encouragement, strength and victory. In verse 1 (AMP) David writes, "The LORD (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son), 'Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].'" Yes, God is on His throne looking down. But then at the end of this short Psalm David writes in verse 7, "He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head [triumphantly]." And both of them are great pictures that maybe we need to stop and picture an...

Psalm 109:4 (NLT), "I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations even as I am praying for them." Tuesday... So, how is it going? David writes in Psalm 109:4 (NLT), "I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations even as I am praying for them." So, how is your life going? Is something like that happening to you? Yes, life can be tough. People around you may be constantly trying to bring you down. And it is important for us to see that we are not alone. Now I love the Bible, the honesty of God's Word. Here in Psalm 109 David was having some problems with people. They were people he loved but they were putting him down, they were accusing him. Verse 3 says, "They surround me with hateful words and fight me for no reason." Maybe that is what you are going through. Well you are not alone. And maybe that is important for you to really understand today. The Amplified Bible says in verses 2b-5, "They have spoken against me with a lyi...