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Monday... Yes, the adventure of trying can have a great reward.


Monday... Yes, the adventure of trying can have a great reward.

There are some people who have never taken the risk to taste something that they have never tasted. We have a five year old granddaughter who doesn't try new stuff to eat. She may never have eaten it but she knows that she won't like it so it is hard to get her to try something new. But the adventure of trying something new can have such a great reward if we just try.

Now there are so many out there who just won't try having a relationship with God. They have a preconceived notion that it just isn't for them. But King David in Psalm 34:8 (NLT) says, "Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him." The Message says, "Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see - how good God is. Blessed are you who run to him."

Verse 6 says, "When I was desperate, I called out, and God got me out of a tight spot." There is an experience that they wouldn't have known. Now God has gotten me out of so many tight spots. The NLT says, "In my desperation I prayed and the Lord listened; he saved me from all my troubles."

Verse 15 (MSG) says, "God keeps an eye on his friends, his ears pick up every moan and groan." The NLT says, "The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries." So good, so good and so very true. But for so many, they have no one who knows what they are going through. They are all alone. Yes, the adventure of trying can have a great reward.

So, why don't you "Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him." Yes, the adventure of trying can and will have such a great reward. It really will.  So go ahead and taste and see. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 




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