Friday... I love this word, I need this word and He gives me this word.

Friday... I love this word, I need this word, and He gives me this word.

This word comes up, hopefully, each time I put my debit card into a machine at checkout and put the information it asks for in it. I alway wait with a little bit of anxiety until the word shows up on the screen. It is the word, approved. I love that word. It gives such relief. It means success. We constantly want and need approval, don't we?

The writer of Psalm 90 in verse 17 (NLT) says, "And may the Lord our God show us approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful."

Starting in verse 12 of this same Psalm, the writer says, "Teach us the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom." This year that we have just gone through surely helped us to realize that, didn't it?

He goes on, "O Lord, come back to us! How long will you delay?" I'm sure we have prayed that many times in this past year. "Take pity on your servants! Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy at the end of our lives." And this is so good, "Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good. Let your servants, see your work again; let your children see your glory."

And here it is again, "And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!"

That is a very good prayer for us to pray today, isn't it? Oh Lord, please show us your approval and please make our efforts successful! May we live the life that you have called us to live, that Your Son died for us to live. Oh, God, may it be so! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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