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Thursday.. It is good to be reminded sometimes. It really is!


Thursday... It is good to be reminded sometimes. It really is!

David begins the 124th Psalm (NLT) by saying, "What if the Lord had not been on our side?"  And then verse 2 he says again, "What if the Lord had not been on our side?"

Now the truth He is on our side even if we don't have a relationship with Him but we don't reap all the benefits. I mean, Jesus died for everyone but we don't realize what that means until we turn our life over to Him. Yes He is on everyone's side but we don't realize the benefits but those who have a relationship need to stop and see what a difference He has made in our lives.

Verses 2-5 (MSG) says, "If God hadn't been for us when everyone went against us, we would have beed swallowed alive by their violent anger, swept away by the flood of rage, drowned in the torrent; we would have lost our lives in the wild, raging water."

Ask yourself, what would all that we have been going through these last two years been like if God had not been on our side? I can't imagine going through all of this without God. Oh the circumstances may not have been different but how He has used it for good has been true. God knows what He is doing and we can trust Him. Yes we can.

Verses 6-7 says, "O blessed be God! He didn't go off and leave us. He didn't abandon us defenseless, helpless as a rabbit in a pack of snarling dogs. We've flown free from their fangs, free of their traps, free as a bird. Their grip is broken; we're free as a bird in flight."

And then verse 8, "God's strong name is our help, the same God who made heaven and earth."

It really is good to stop and be reminded, isn't it? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 


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