Thursday... I will lift my eyes up.

I just came back in from sitting out on our third story deck. I was looking out at the cars going on the road down below and I was watching out for them. I could have really helped them from my perspective but I had no way to communicate with them. One's perspective has a lot to do with their ability to give help and guidence to someone.

Psalm 123:1 (NLT) says, "I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven." Now that is a great prespective, isn't it? And we have access to Him through prayer and His Word so it really makes sense for us to be in a moment by moment commuication when Him, doesn't it? But we think too many times that we have a better perspective than He has but we don't, do we?

What are you going through right now? Where do you need quidence? Is your persepctive better to see what is ahead than God's? Then why do you almost totally follow your thoughts, your ideas, your persepctive when you can't even see one step in front of you when God can see it all? He can see the best path, He can see His plan for you that is all set out in front of you. We can't see it from our perspective but He can.

Also, too many times we face situations defeated, discouraged, with our head down when we need to be lifting our head up, our eyes up to the One who is enthroned in heaven and that is God.

So "I will lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven." And that really makes sense, doesn't it? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

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