Monday... So, how do we face a Monday morning?

Psalm 62:1-2 (NLT), "I wait patiently before God, for my victory comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken."

Monday... So, how do we face a Monday morning?

Now it can be hard to face a new day, a new week, and even today, a new month. I love how our life has been organized the way it is, 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 30 or 31 days except for February in a month, 12 months in a year and then centuries and they all end up as an organized life with beginnings and beginnings. Only God in his wisdom could put this all together. And that is why I have named this blog, Todays Beginnings. No matter what has happened we still will have a new beginning.

Now King David was a pro at handling difficulties in life. I have read a Psalm at the beginning of my day for over 40 years. I have needed a word from God through David to start my day and I found this new start to this new day. Psalm 62:1-2 (NLT) says, "I wait patiently before God, for my victory comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken." So, I just take a deep breath and "I wait patiently." No matter what has happened and will happen, "I wait patiently."

No matter what has happened, I have a new second, a new minute. The last second, the last minute is over and I have a new one in which to start over. And I start over by being patient.

Now he continues, "I wait patiently before God," Yes with God there are no beginnings and no endings. He is alway working and he is for sure a winner, "for my victory comes from him."

Yes, David was in a lot of battles and with God's help and guidance he was the victor no matter what happened. Now victory from God's view is different from what we may think victory is. Yes, he can see everything from his point of view and he is not controlled by all these beginnings, in fact he is the beginning. Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning God." Over in the last book of the Bible, Revelation 22:16 it says, "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne. I am the bright morning star." He is the beginning of each of our days.

So, we go to God to start our day because he is the beginning and he is the bright morning star. Verses 1-2 in the Message says, "God, the one and only - I'll wait as long as he says. Everything I need comes from him, so why not? He's solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, an impregnable castle: I'm set for life." And it starts right now! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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