Monday... Maybe we need today to be reminded of this fact.

Life can be so complicated. I mean, think of what has happened this past weekend. Our ex-president was shot. It seems that he is going to be ok. But there could be other areas in your life that are very complicated.

The writer of Psalm 44:1 (NLT) says, "O God, we have heard it from our own ears - our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago." Yes we can think of other days and be reminded of what God has done even in our own life but then we can say, "But today is different" and that is true but there is one fact that is the same and we need to be reminded of it no matter what we are going through. Maybe we need to be reminded of this fact today.

I need help!

Verse 3 says, "They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory." And yes, we do need to be reminded of that fact. We may think we can do anything. Your mom and dad told you that you could do anything you want to do but. And we may be living in one of those but-times where we are just not getting it done.

The writer continues and he is talking about God, "It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them," and here is the fact that we need to over and over be reminded of, "for you loved them." And you love us.

And then verse 9 says, "But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle." But even in these times we must be reminded that God loves us. And verse 26 reminds us that we can pray, "Rise up! Help us! Ransom us because of your unfailing love."

There is this picture of someone being pushed off a cliff but they have this rope wrapped around them and we can see that at just the right time before they hit the bottom the rope keeps them from being crushed. That rope in the lives of those who have put their trust in God is God's love. But those times of free fall can be rough, can't they? Yes, that is where trusting in God's unfailing love comes in.

Here is another way to put it. Everything that happens to those of us who have put our daily and lifetime trust in God must go through God's love. Now whatever is happening may be happening to us to destroy us. That is its purpose. The devil and his followers hate God and those who are followers of God and hurting us is his way of getting back at God. Now whenever that is happening to us it's purpose is to hurt us, to destroy us but when it goes through God's love the purpose is changed to something that is good for us, that will bring glory to God. It may be the same thing but its purpose is changed when it goes through God's love.

Satan hates God and he killed his only Son but God changed the purpose from hatred to love and to saving the world by bringing his Son back to life.

Maybe we need to be reminded of the fact that no matter what we are going through, God loves us and we can pray to him, "Rise up! Help us! Ransom us because of your unfailing love." And remember that in his time he will answer it because he does love us with unfailing love. And also remember, "It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them, for you loved them." And he love us too! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

Psalm 16;10 (NLT), "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." Wednesday... It didn't just happen. We are headed into a weekend of deep emotion. One that we really really love was killed and it didn't just happen. David in Psalm 16:10 (NLT) writes of this happening. He says about God, "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." We read over in the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament in the Bible of the life of God's Son who came to earth to be our sacrifice so that our soul would not be left among the dead. Jesus came so that we wouldn't have to be buried at death and just left there. But he also shares that Jesus who was going to be killed as a sacrifice for our sins would not have to rot in a grave. David many generations before foretold this and that is what happened. Now that had to be a God thing. We can guess a lot about our future and we d...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but... We each one have our own way of explaining what we are going through, don't we? Some of us are maximisers, other are minimizers and neither one is better. We each one are different and we see what we are facing differently but no matter what it is and how you see it and describe it, God can handle it! Now the writer of Psalm 46 shows the extremes. In verse 1 he states the basic reality and then he moves on into our fears and he maximizes them to make sure we really understand. Here is what Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!" So what do you fear? The Amplified Bible says verse 1 this way, "God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], a very presen...

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