Thursday... I will, yes, I will.

Life can really be tough sometimes and we don't always handle it the way we would want to so David in Psalm 101 could be speaking to us.

In verses 1-2 (CEV) he says four I wills. There is a part that we play in every situation that we are in and the I wills can make such a difference in our handling them.

Here is what David says, "I will sing to you, Lord! I will celebrate your kindness and your justice. Please help me learn to do the right thing and I will be honest and fair in my own kingdom."

Now we have no control over what happens to us but we do have control over our response. It has taken me a lifetime of when I go through a negative, a difficult situation to come up with a positive spin to it and the ability to do that has come by spending a lifetime in God's word. Listen, it really does make a difference.

Here are four choices, I will sing, I will celebrate and I will be honest and a silent one, I will ask God for help.

The other chapter I read this morning was John 18. Now this chapter tells of Jesus being arrested, of one of how one of his disciples lead the way to his being arrested. It tells of a night of abuse, of injustice, but Jesus didn't waver, he knew why it was happening. God was in control and he had a purpose and all of this that was happening to Jesus was going to make a difference for all of us. Yes, it was tough but the next day when Jesus was hanging on a cross about to die, it says in Luke 23:43 (NLT), "Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing.'" He knew the why and he didn't let what was a major injustice take control, he used it to change the world. "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." In other words Jesus said, "I will forgive them." Now that is the greatest positive spin.

Now Psalm 101:1-2 in the New Living Translation says four I wills. "I will sing of your love and justice, Lord. I will praise you with songs. I will be careful to live a blameless life - when will you come to help me? I will lead a life of integrity in my own home."

I love that one line, "when will you come to help me?" Yes there were things that David said he was going to do but he also knew that he needed God's help in God's time. I'm in some trouble here God, and I need some help. But I will do all I can while waiting on you. I will, yes I will and I know in your time that you will.

I will, yes, I will can take us through whatever we are facing. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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