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Thursday... Repetition can be so important.


Thursday... Repetition can be so important.

It seems that even in reading the Bible on a daily basis we want and we think we need to find something new, something we haven't heard before. And that is important in our growth and maturity. But the key is, are we living by what we know. Maybe we need to have it told to us over and over and live it.


I have read daily the book of Psalms in the Old Testament of the Bible for over 50 years and in those 150 Psalms I have found a whole lot of repetition. Now I have written for a lot years from the truths of the Psalms and I wonder if I have repeated some of those truths to the point that some would say that they have heard that so they need to head to a new voice. And of course each of us has that choice. But we really do need some repetition to keep us on the right path, don't we?

Now here is what King David says in today's Psalm. He starts Psalm 61:1-3 (NLT) this way, "O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer! From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety, for you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me." 

And we need to be reminded of the fact that no matter what we are going through, especially when we are overwhelmed, we can pray to God and he will listen to our cry, he will hear our prayer. Now, both of those statements in the New Living Translation have exclamation points at their ends. Those facts are something important for us to know and do.  And David understands that, even for himself, that needs to be repeated over and over. Repetition is so important especially if we are not doing it.

In the day in which we are living we need to have this repeated over and over, don't we? Now what we may be going through is new but truth is still truth and it doesn't need to be new truth. It just needs to be the truth and we need to do it.

Yes, I read other portions of the Bible on a daily basis but I read the Psalms over and over because I need to be reminded. We may go through some new stuff but the Holy Spirit knows what truth we need for that new situation, that different overwhelming situation. For one, we always need to be reminded that God will listen to our cry and he will hear our prayer! 

So, what are you going through today? Just say this and mean it, "O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer!" Yes, we are not alone. 

Just pray that, and always do verses 2-3, "From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety, for you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me."

We need to be reminded, and do what it says, don't we?  Maybe the Holy Spirit knows that this is what we need today. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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