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Monday... This is a great place to start a new day and a new work week...


Monday... I am reading in the book of Nehemiah and I found this morning in chapter 9, a great place to start a new day and a new work week. It is good to be reminded of times past and of who God is and what he has done.

Now verses 16-18 (MSG) reminds us of who we are and how we have acted and maybe are acting today. It says, "But they, our ancestors. were arrogant; bullheaded, they wouldn't obey your commands. They turned a deaf ear, they refused to remember the miracles you had done for them; They turned stubborn, got it into their heads to return to their Egyptian slavery."  

And that can be said of us, can't it? We too are stubborn and arrogant and we have turned a deaf ear to God and his Word. Also our worries and our fears shows how we are refusing to remember the miracles that God has done for us. And we too are going back to our slavery of worry and despair. 

He goes on and shows who God is and how he responds, "But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love." And here is what we need to remember as we start the new work week, "You did not abandon them." And again in verse 19 it says, "But in your great mercy you did not abandon them to die in the wilderness." He did not abandon them and he has not and will not abandon us. 

And that is a great place to start this new day and this new work week, isn't it? Whatever we will face this week, we will not face it alone. God is rich in unfailing love and in his great mercy he will not abandon us. We may abandon him but he will not abandon us. And the last part of verse 8 (NLT) says, "And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 

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