Wednesday... Do you want to feel good? Do you?

Psalm 106:3 (NLT) says, "There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right." We don't always feel joy in our relationships or in our actions, do we? There is no joy when we respond in a way that hurts someone and we do it too many times.

The MESSAGE says, "You're one happy man when you do what's right, one happy woman when you form the habit of justice." We sure do feel better when we respond to others when we build them up and not when we pull them down.

The NIRV says, "Blessed are those who always do what is fair. Blessed are those who keep doing what is right." So there is joy, there is happiness and there is blessing when we deal justly with people and we do what is right. But is is so easy to react from a selfish perspective.

Proverbs 16:2 says, "Everything a person does might seem pure to them. But the Lord knows why they do what they do." He knows if the intent is selfish. He doesn't bless that.

Here's another one, verse 5 says, "The Lord hates all those who have proud hearts. You can be sure that they will be punished." There is no joy, no happiness, no blessing in being proud.

Verses 7, "When the way you live pleases the Lord, he makes your enemies live at peace." Now that is a good thing, a good feeling, isn't it?

Look at this. Verse 8 says, "It is better to have little and do right than to have a lot and be unfair." But I thought that having a lot makes me happy. No, "Blessed are those who always do what is fair. Blessed are those who keep doing what is right."

Verse 16 (NLT), How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgement than silver."

And verse 20, "Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust God will be joyful."

It feels so good, it feels so good. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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