Saturday... You know and I can and I want to know.

Thank you, God for the sun by day and the moon by night. You really know what you are doing. And I can start this new day with confidence because you are a part of my life.

Psalm 119:105 says, "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path." So here I am, in God's word as I start my day. Again, you, God know what you are doing. You know what we need, you know why things happen in our life. You have a plan, you have a path for us to follow. And we have your word as a lamp to guide our feet and to light our path.

Verses 129-132 says, "Your laws are wonderful. No wonder I obey them! The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand. I pant with expectation longing for your commands. Come and show me your mercy, as you do for all who love your name."

I read each day In the Psalms but I'm also reading right now in Isaiah and the Book of Revelation. A lot of different perspectives and light in those books.

Today in Isaiah 62 in verse 1 the writer is writing about another time and place but look what it says. "Because I love Zion, I will not keep still. Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain in silence. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn and his salvation blazes like a burning torch."

God cares about what has happened and is happening. And we need to be in his word because it is a lamp to show us so many things about God and what he cares about.

And then this morning I read in Revelation 10 and in verse 1 it says, "Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire." I don't always understand what I am reading in Revelation but I do know that God has a place that he is preparing for those who follow and obey his word. That is why I spend time in God's word because "it is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path."

Yes I want to know what God has been and is and will be doing and what he wants from me and what he is preparing for me. And I love this, "The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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