Todays Beginning

Friday... We can do so much but. There is so much that we can do in whatever situation we are in. I mean, the internet is unbelievable. I love what I can find and share on here. I also love streaming. I love YouTube. There is so much to learn on there. But, but. Here is what I read this morning in Romans 15:4 (NLT). It says, "Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God's promises to be fulfilled." Yes, there is so much available to us but there is also the Scriptures. Not just the promises but there is so much that has been written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us hope and encouragement. Have you found that to be true? There was a key time in my life when I had gotten off track. I stopped and talked to people of wisdom. I read, read, read and I came up with a series of changes that I needed to make and one of them was to read a chapter of Psalms everyday. I have read for 40+ years a chapter depe

Wednesday... We can be confident when annoyances come. I was outside on my couch with my dog, Turner and I was in the middle of reading Romans 14 and I heard a noise and felt something and looked down and my coffee was all over me. Now I jumped up and went in and changed out of my wet clothes into dry clothes and came back and finished reading but in a different chair. Now that was an annoyance and it had the ability to blow me totally off track from my routine. But it didn't. As I came to my coffee shop I started back my reading the Bible and I came across Proverbs 3:26 (AMP) and it said, "For the Lord will be your confidence, firm and strong, and will keep your foot from getting caught [in a trap]." Now annoyances can be a trap set out there to get us off track. But we can be confident when annoyances come our way. because the Lord is our confidences, firm and strong and he can keep us from being caught in a the trap if we put our trust in him.  Verse 6 says, "In a

Tuesday... This is the best, yes, it is the best. So many of us strive each and everyday to be the best, to have the best. It seems to be so important. We are headed into the Olympics and those who are participants are rewarded when they are the best. They get to stand up there on that platform and they have a gold metal placed around there neck. That gold metal says that on that particular day, in that particular event they were the best. But there are so many more who also worked so hard but they don't have a metal.  Now here is what we each one needs to know, we need to realize this if we want the best. In our manual for living a successful life, David in Psalm 32:8 (NLT) gives this thought. "The Lord says, 'I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.'" When I was young our family traveled all over the United States. My dad was what was called an Evangelist. We went from church to church and our family would sing

Monday... He has stored it for us. I don't know if you have had to rent a storage unit. We have had to, many times. Well, Psalm 31 tells of another type of storage. Psalm 31:19 (NLT) says, "How great  is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you." And we need to be reminded of this truth. Yes we need some goodness stored up, don't we? There is so much bad around us, isn't there? David then continues, "You lavish on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world." Yes, this is where we go when we need some goodness in our lives. And he wants to lavish us when we come to him for protection. And those around us will see how good a God he is. And we waste this opportunity so many times because we don't avail ourselves of this blessing because all we see is the bad. Verse 19 in the Amplified Bible says, "How great is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You, which You have