Wednesday... It really is true, it really is.

I love what the Psalmist writes in Psalm 128:1-2 (MSG). It is so true and it is a good thing to stop and revel in it. Here is what he says, "All you who fear God, how blessed you are! How happily you walk on his smooth straight road! You worked hard and deserve all you've got coming. Enjoy the blessing! Soak in the goodness!" And we need to do more of that, don't we?. We really do need to soak in the goodness of how blessed we are.

Now we do soak in the despair. It comes in so easily especially if we are online or streaming. It seems like everyone is at war with someone. And we as God-followers need to stop and dwell on how blessed we really are.

The Amplified Bible puts it this way, "Blessed [happy and sheltered by God's favor] is everyone who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience], who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments. You will be happy and blessed and it will be well with you."

There are pockets of these thoughts, these truths all through the Bible that God can bring to our mind when we are facing negatives and discouragements and hardships in our daily lives. The world around us wants to keep up down but God wants to continually remind us of how blessed we really are. And one of the major tools that God uses is His Word. So put these verses somewhere where the Holy Spirit can remind you. Remember that Psalm 128:1-2 (MSG) says, "All you who fear God, how blessed you are! How happily you walk on his smooth straight road! You worked hard and deserve all you've got coming. Enjoy the blessing! Soak in the goodness!"

And then He also says in verse 6a (NLT), "May you live to enjoy your grandchildren." And that I am doing! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

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