Wednesday... What or who do you look up to?

Does someone come to your mind? Well, it is both a what and a who that comes to my mind.

I love today's Psalm. It is a Psalm that has held me steady and it speaks of both the what and the who. And I was emotional as I read it this morning. Psalm 121:1 (MSG) says, "I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains?" I do look up to them and they make me remember but I don't get my strength from them. And then verse 2 says, "No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains." I love that verse.

So many get great peace and solitude and encouragement from being in nature. It is a great place to be. This morning, I am looking out on our foothills and as I was driving in to my coffee shop I could see Mt. Charleston and all the snow on it. I love those mountains but nature is just the middleman. They didn't just happen by themself, God created them. They are a reminder of God and His ability and His power and His majesty.

Look at verses 3 & 4, "He won't let you stumble, you're Guardian God won't fall asleep. Not on your life! Israel's Guardian will never doze or sleep."

The Psalmist goes on in verses 5-8, "God's your Guardian, right at your side to protect you - shielding you from sunstroke, sheltering you from moon stroke. God guards you from every evil. He guards your very life. He guards you when you leave and when you return, he guards you now, he guards you always."

We lived here looking up at those mountains for 15 years and then we moved to Long Island in New York and then to the flattest state, Florida. There were no mountains there to wake up to but there was an Ocean. And God created the Ocean and I would walk beside it looking out and marveling at it greatness and be reminded of God.

Now we have moved back to Nevada and I I love to look up at those mountains that surround us. They are beautiful and majestic and they remind me of the One who made those mountains. He is my Guardian. So let's not put our trust in the middleman but go right to the Creator. "I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains? No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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