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Tuesday... We can forget what it was like.


Tuesday... We can forget what it was like.

We live in the dessert and we forget what it was like in other places where we have lived but it still is easy to gripe.

I was talking with a friend this morning about another 30 degree morning in the dessert and of how we are looking forward to the warmth of summer. We can gripe but we don't have blizzards or tornados or hurricanes. We forget what it was like and don't appreciate what we have.

David in Psalm 34 shares some comparisons which we need to see and we need to remember. In verse 21 (NLT) he says, "Calamity will surely destroy the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punish." Yes, we do have problems and difficulties and calamity but it isn't the same. Verse 22 says, "But the Lord will redeem those who serve him. No one who takes refuge in him will be destroyed."

Yes, we may have it bad but not as bad as the wicked or those who hate. They for sure will have it bad. We have someone who takes care of us, someone we can turn to, and in whom we can take refuge. 

The Message says it this way, "The wicked commit slow suicide; they waste their lives hating good. God pays for each slave's freedom; no one who runs to him loses out." And that is something we shouldn't forget. Remember, (AMP), "And none of those who takes refuge in Him will be condemned." 

Verses 4-5 (NLT) says, "I prayed to the Lord, and he answered. He freed me from all my fears. Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces."

Verse 8, "Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him."

Verse 10, "Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing."

Verse 15, "The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help."

And lest we forget, verses 17 & 18 says, "The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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