Monday... Oh to start today with a quiet heart and to be content.

We start our days with so much anxiety and pressure, don't we? And we long for a quiet heart, to be calm and to be content.

King David wrote Psalm 131. As you read his story you see all the pressure he lived under and its great to see how he handled it. He writes (MSG), "God, I'm not trying to rule the roost, I don't want to be king of the mountain. I haven't meddled where I have no business or fantasized grandiose plans." Here is the the key, "I've kept my feet on the ground, I've cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in his mother's arms, my soul is a baby content."

And then verse 3, "Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope. Hope now; hope always!"

The NIRV puts it this way, "Lord, my heart isn't proud. My eyes aren't proud either. I don't concern myself with important matters. I don't concern myself with things that are too wonderful for me. I have made myself calm and content like a young child in its mother's arms. Deep down inside me, I am as content as a young child. Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forever."

Now that is the way to start a new day and a new week with a quiet, calm heart and being content. Just wait with hope, now and always. Wait for God. Just put your hope in the Lord both now and forever. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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