Tuesday... There are so many things that I want, and this is one of them.

Psalm 119:73 (NLT), "You made me, you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands."

Tuesday... There are so many things that I want, and this is for sure one of them.

It really is. Here, the one who made us, created us wants to give us the sense to follow his commands.

We are in the midst of moving from one neighborhood to another. We're moving into Sun City, a 55 and older community. And I jokingly say that I want to be with my people, old people. The truth is there are other reasons why.

Well, I had to go over to the new house to unlock the door for the cleaners but I got in there and I couldn't get the Air Conditioner on and I knew the cleaners would need it on because we are still in the 100's but I couldn't figure it out until I realized that a worker yesterday had unplugged it. If I would have called him I would have known what to do. And that would have made sense but I kept at it trying to figure out what to do.

And so many live life that way.

The Amplified Bible says verse 73 this way, "Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I might learn your commandments." Again that makes so much sense.

Verse 74 says, "May those who [reverently] fear You see me and be glad." And here is the reason why. "Because I wait for Your Word." Reading and meditating in and on God's Word, the Bible and doing what it says really does make sense.

Verses 75-78 (NLT) says, "I know, Lord, that your regulations are fair; you discipline me because I needed it. Now let your unfailing love comfort me, just as you promised me, your servant. Surround me with your tender mercies so I may live, for your instructions are a delight. Bring disgrace upon the arrogant people who lied about me; meanwhile, I will concentrate on your commandments." Again that really doesn't make sense.

Proverbs 1:32-33 (AMP) says, "And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them. But whoever listens to me (Wisdom) will live securely and in confident trust and will be at ease, without fear or dread of evil." And we get that from our creator through his Spirit and his word.

That really does make sense. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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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...

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...

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...

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