Thursday... They do come, they really do.

I am having some problems with posting this blog and there needs to be some changes so I am searching. So how should we focus? Of course finding solutions is one but there still is another very important one to do, a very important place to start.

Psalm 95:6-7 (NLT) says, "Come, let us worship the Lord our maker, for he is God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today."

Oh we do listen to the voice of despair. That is a place we sometimes go, isn't it? We also go to others asking them for advice and that is a good place to go. But stopping and whorshing our maker, our God, the one who watches over us is without a doubt the first place to go.

It is so easy for us during times of difficulties to hang our head down in discouragement. That is where we naturally go. Yes, the Psalmist says for us to hang our heads but do it in worship to God not in deep flows of negative emotions.

The NIV says, "Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care." We need that fact to get pounded into our emotions, God is our Maker and he still in involved in what we are going through so we need to stop and worship him as if he cares about what we are going through and maybe he has a plan through all of this and yes, we need to listen to his voice. Yes, it isn't loud but it is there and we need to focus and be still to know what he has to say. The last part of verse 7 says, "Today, if only you would hear his voice." The Message says, "Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks."

Oh and going into his word, the Bible is a great place to go to hear his voice. But a great place to start is on our knees before God, the one who made us! And to "Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks." Ok, I needed that today! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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