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Wednesday... God knows us and understands us.


Wednesday... God knows us and understands us. He can get frustrated with us but he loves us. 

Psalm 30:4 (NLT) says, "Sing to the Lord, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name." The MESSAGE says, "All you saints! Sing your hearts out to God! Thank him to his face!" Now that is a great way to start our day. That is a great way to respond through these difficult days, isn't it?

The Psalmist goes on, verse 5 (NLT), "For his anger lasts only a moment." I know during this time we are going through we too can get angry but it needs to be only for a moment. When God looks at our ungratefulness, our grumbling, our judgmental attitude toward others, even our sins he has a right to get angry. The MESSAGE says, "He gets angry once in awhile," but it continues "but across a lifetime there is only love." The NLT says, "but his favor lasts a lifetime!" 

He goes on, "Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes in the morning." Yesterday is over and a new day is before us. 

Again, "All you saints! Sing your hearts out to God! Thank him to his face!" When we do that our angers pass away. The past is past, a new day is before us! Thank you, God for today! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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