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Tuesday... It is another day to delight in and for him to deliver. Thanks!


Tuesday... It is another day to delight in and for him to deliver. Thanks!

Thanks so much, God for the beauty of a new day. A little cold but the sun is out and my anticipation is there about this new day. Thank you so much for preparing the way. You have a plan and a purpose. Thanks for the privileged of being a part of it. It has started.

Psalm 111:2-3 (NLT) says, "How amazing are the deeds of the Lord! All who delight in him should ponder them. Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails."

At the Starbucks I go to a guy was telling me yesterday all about the fact that our country is falling apart. He was so discouraged. I don't think he started his day with focusing on the deeds of the Lord and that he didn't delighted in him as he pondered them. And I felt so bad for him. His focus was bringing him down. I did share with him that I had a different perspective and that I had hope.

So what is your focus today? Yes, if this world we live in is left to us we will be discouraged and it will fall apart. 

Verse 4 says, "He causes us to remember his wonderful works. How gracious and merciful is our Lord!"

This Psalmist writer starts in verse 1 by saying, "Praise the Lord! I will thank the Lord with all my heart as I meet with his godly people."

And then look at this. Verse 10 (AMP) says, "The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom; A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord; His praise endures forever."

I remember a day back at the beginning of Covid that I was walking through a grocery store and I was afraid and it hit me. I never did live in fear but in the fear of the Lord. So I stopped and asked God to help me live with wisdom not with fear. It made all of the difference for me. 

Again, thank you, God for the beauty of a new day. This is a another day to delight in and for you to deliver and for us to do your will. Thanks, God! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


 


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