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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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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