Wednesday... It just changes your perspective on life!

Wednesday... It just changes your perspective on life! It really does. When you read a Psalm from the Bible everyday, it really does change your perspective on your life. It really does.

Psalm 147:1 (MSG), "Hallelujah! It is a good thing to sing praise to our God!" Yes, yes it is!

Then verse 5, "Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; We'll never comprehend what he knows and does."

What are you facing today? "Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; We'll never comprehend what he knows and does."

How would you face today if you didn't know that, if you haven't had that reinforced everyday because you have read it over and over in the Psalms?

Oh, I know how I would feel if every morning I turned on the news and that was it. I would feel so alone and so discouraged and so depressed with so much anxiety.

But, "Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; We'll never comprehend what he knows and does."

I also read this, this morning. Look at Mark 5:26-29, "A woman who had suffered a condition of hemorrhaging for twelve years - a long succession of physicians had treated her, and treated her badly, taking all her money and leaving her worse off than before - had heard about Jesus. She slipped in behind and touched his robe. She was thinking to herself, 'If I can put a finger on his robe, I can get well.' The moment she did it, the flow of blood dried up. She could feel the change and knew her plague was over and done with." Wow!

Verses 38-42 (NLT) says, "When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw much commotion and weeping and wailing. He went inside and asked, 'Why all this commotion and weeping? The child isn't dead, she's only asleep.' The crowd laughed at him. But he made them all leave, and he took the girl's father and mother and his three disciples into the room where the girl was lying. Holding her hand, he said to her, 'Talitha koum,' which means 'Little girl, get up!' And the girl who was twelve years old, immediately stood up and walked around. They were overwhelmed and totally amazed."

So back to Psalm 147:5 (MSG), "Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; We'll never comprehend what he knows and does." Now that is the right way to start our day. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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