Wednesday... Today is a great day.

Psalm 6:9 (NLT), "The Lord heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer."

Wednesday... Today is a great day.

Oh yes, we have a winner in the Presidential election but that is not what I was thinking about. This is one of the great weeks in my life. Today is my wife, Margaret's birthday and on Saturday, 50 years ago we were married. Now that makes today and Saturday two of the greatest days for sure in my life. Yes, "The Lord heard my plea." and I'm sure if you have a relationship with God you too have had times when you know that God has heard your pleas. And Margaret, definitely was an answer to my plea, my prayer.

Now there are two situations in this verse. One is that the Lord heard our plea and that builds confidence. Can you look back and remember when the Lord heard a plea from you? Oh, I'm sure there are so many of them and the looking back and remembering and thanking God builds confidence so you can know that the Lord will, will, will answer your prayer. He has and he will.

The Amplified Bible says verse 8 this way, "Depart from me all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping." And there is so much evil in this world that wears us down emotionally but it is such an encouragement to know that the Lord has heard our weeping. I don't know what you have gone through and what you are going through right now but God hears our voice of weeping, he knows what we are going through.

And then verse 9, "The Lord has heard my supplication [my plea for grace]; the Lord receives my prayer." He has heard and he receives. And today and Saturday are great reminders of what God has done in my life and I have confidence that he is not done.

God heard my plea and he has and he will answer my prayer. Yes, in my life, today is a great day! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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