Tuesday... His honesty is such an encouragement.

King David, the writer of many of the Psalms in the Old Testament has deep emotions, deep feelings. His honesty is so encouraging.

Here in Psalm 62:3 (NLT) he says, "So many enemies against one man - all of the trying to kill me. To them I'm just a broken-down wall or a tottering fence." Do you ever start your day feeling like you are a broken-down wall or a tottering fence? But he doesn't stop there and that is why the Psalms are so important to me as I start each day. Yes, I too have my days where I feel like a broken-down wall and a tottering fence.

He goes on in verses 5-8, "Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation." Not my emotions, not what other people think. "He alone is my rock and my salvation. My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me." And then, and this is so good, "O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge."

He then ends this Psalm by saying in verses 11 & 12, "One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: 'Power belongs to you, God, and with you, Lord, is unfailing love'; and, 'You reward everyone according to what they have done.'" Now we have a choice, we can stay in the I'm a broken-down wall or a tottering fence or we can trust in him at all times and pour out our heart to him and believe that He is our refuge and know that we will be rewarded according on what we have done. That's what I choose. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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