Monday... There are so many blessings if we do.

God has set before us a path, a standard, that He will bless. Psalm 119:1-2 (NIV) says, "Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart." And we want so much His blessings on our life, don't we?

The writer of this Psalm goes on in verses 5-8 (NLT), "Oh that my actions would consistently reflect your degrees! Then I will not be ashamed when I compare my life with your commands. As I learn your righteous regulations, I will thank you by living as I should! I will obey your degrees," And then here is the statement that jumped out at me this morning. "Please don't give up on me!"

The Amplified Bible says, "Do not utterly abandon me [when I fail]." The MESSAGE says, "don't ever walk off and leave me."

Verses 5-8 in The MESSAGE Paraphrase says, "Oh, that my steps might be steady, keeping me to the course you set; Then I'd never have any regrets in comparing my life with your counsel. I thank you for speaking straight from your heart; I learn the pattern of your righteous ways. I'm going to do what you tell me to do; don't ever walk off and leave me."

I've made this commitment, I have this desire, but I can't do it alone. I need You, God. Please, please don't walk off and leave me. Please don't give up on me and don't abandon me when I fail. And that is a very important prayer to pray in our humanness. We need you God.

Now we can walk away from Him, we can just give up but He won't give up on us. He is there to forgive and to forget and to lift up and to guide. He won't give up on us. So just keep reaching out to Him even when you fall. And that is a good thing to realize at the beginning of a new week. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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