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Monday... This is such a special week.


Monday... This is such a special week. It really is.

Today is my wife, Margaret's birthday and on Thursday, it will be our anniversary. I won't say how many years for both because it might come out that we are old. But we have had some very good years and also a few problem ones but we have stayed together. 

Now these days are reminder days just as everyday can be. As I look back I am reminded of how great it is to have a relationship with God and to see how he has worked in our lives and to see the blessings he has given to us when we have put our confidence in him. Even in those days where we wavered some.

Psalm 95:6-7 (NLT) says, "Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care." And in this week we can revel in the truth of the fact that God has watched over us and that we have been and still are in his care. 

I was reading this morning in Isaiah 36 and of how the King of Assyria was about to take over the land of Judah in battle and in verse 4 he asks the King of Judah, "What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?" Good question and he then says in verse 7, "But perhaps you will say to me, 'We are trusting in the Lord our God!' But isn't it true he was the one who was insulted by Hezekiah? Didn't Hezekiah tear down his shrines and altars and make everyone in Judah and Jerusalem worship only at the altars here in Jerusalem." And the Assyrian army took over the land of Judah because of their turing away from God. Our actions show where we have put our confidence.

Psalm 96:2 & 3 says, "Sing to the Lord; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does." 

And that is what we are celebrating this week. As the two of us has put our confidence and actions in him he has saved us from so many things and he has done so much in our lives. Yes, we have seen that as we have followed him and done what he has wanted from us he has truly been watching over us and had in his care. 

It is so great to look back and celebrate how God has worked in our lives and how he is blessing us today. And yes, our confidence is in him for our future. And the same is true for many of you and can be also for others of you. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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