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Thursday... This is another of his wonders.


Psalm 147:18 (MSG), "Then he gives the command and it all melts; he breathes on winter - suddenly it's spring!"

Thursday... This is another of his wonders.

I am sitting here in my morning coffee shop and looking out the window at one of the wonders of God, the trees have leaves all over them. It seems that the last time I had really looked, there were no leaves. The leaves knew when to come out.


It was great to see and then I read Psalm 147:18 (MSG), and it said, "Then he gives the command and it all melts; he breathes on winter - suddenly it's spring!" Oh what a God we serve. He really does know what he is doing.

Verse 15 in the Amplified Bible says, "He sends His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly."

Verses 3-5 (NLT) says, "He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. He counts the stars and calls them all by name. How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!" And he covers the trees with leaves just at the right time, "suddenly it's spring!"

And the writer starts this Psalm in verse 1 by saying, "Praise the Lord! How good to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how fitting." And he ends this Psalm by saying, "Praise the Lord!"

No matter what we are going through he knows what he is doing.

And verses 10 & 11 says, "He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse or in human might. No, the Lord delights in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing loves." And that is another of his wonders. "Praise the Lord!" Yes, yes! #todaysvbeginning

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