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Friday... Here is a great way to start your day.


Friday... Here is a great way to start your day.

We have so many ways that we start our day. So many times it is easy to start by remembering what the day before was like. David in Psalm 59 had so much trouble all around him and that is where he could have started. He could have been discouraged even before the day started and that can also be true of us. I won't go through all the negatives that are happening around us but it can really be discouraging, especially if we start our day by turning on the News or Instagram or Facebook or whatever we follow. 

Now they didn't have radios and computers and TVs back in David's day but there were always people around him telling him all the bad news.

Verses 14-15 says, "My enemies come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets. They scavenge for food but go to sleep unsatisfied." So much of what we feed on doesn't satisfy us, does it? Another way to say it is, "Or growl if they don't get enough."

But David then says in verse 16, "But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress." Now that is the way for us to start our day.

After we have started our day by focusing on God and praising him for who he is and thanking him for what he's done we then can come with new confidence bringing our needs, our troubles, our concerns and our problems to him. 

He then says in verse 17, "O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love."

I love that, "O my Strength." With you I can handle anything and now here is where I need strength and guidance from you. 

If we have a relationship with God then we are not alone. Now the truth is, he is close by you even if you don't know it. And he is ready to have a relationship with you and be your Strength. You just must stop and reach out to him. And that is a great place for you to start. 

Again, "But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love." Now that is the way to start our day. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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