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Thursday... Here is a great way to handle life. It really is.


Thursday... Here is a great way to handle life. It really is.

Here is how the Psalmist in Psalm 131 (NLT) puts it. He says, "Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty." Now that is good. Proverbs 11:2 says, "Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom." The MESSAGE says, "The stuck-up fall flat on their faces, but down-to-earth people stand firm." They sure do.

Back to Psalm 131 & verse 2 (NLT), "I don't concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp. Instead..." This is good. "Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother's milk." The MESSAGE says, "I've kept my feet on the ground, I've cultivated a quiet heart." Now that is a great way to handle life. "I've cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in its mother's arms, my soul is content."

Now how do we do that? Verse 3 (NLT), "O Israel" Put your name there, "O _____, put your hope in the Lord." The MESSAGE says, "Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope. Hope now; hope always!"

Now that is a great way to handle whatever I am facing today. Calmed, cultivated, content by waiting with hope, hope now, hope always. Just wait for God, wait with hope. Now that is a great way to handle life, isn't it? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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