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Monday... Yes, it can be normal and great.


Psalm 84:11 (NIRV), "The LORD God is like the sun that give us light. He is like a shield that keeps us safe. The Lord blesses us with favor and honor. He doesn't hold back anything good from those whose lives are without blame."

Monday... Yes, it can be normal and great.

We live in the Mojave Desert. This past week we have had clouds and rain coming off the coast of the Pacific Ocean in California. Our normal though is sun and we have it today. It is great. There are no clouds in the sky.


Now Psalm 84:11 (NIRV) says, "The LORD God is like the sun that give us light. He is like a shield that keeps us safe. The Lord blesses us with favor and honor, He doesn't hold back anything good from those whose lives are without blame." Yes it says, "The LORD God is like the sun that give us light."

But there is more. "He is like a shield that keeps us safe. The Lord blesses us with favor and honor. He doesn't hold back anything good from those whose lives are without blame."

Now there can be clouds but we know here in the desert that eventually the sun will break through. And this is also true to those whose lives are without blame. The New Living Translation says, "The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right."

Now there are some places where we could choose to live where the sun is not normal. And there is a choice here is in this verse. Again it says, "The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right."

A lot of the clouds and difficulties in our lives come from our living without a relationship with God and not doing what is right. Not doing right can bring so much turmoil and difficulties into our life by our choices and we will face them without God who "is like the sun that give us light. He is like a shield that keeps us safe." And who "blesses us with favor and honor." Yes, there is a choice.

Yes, I love living with the sun. Now from last week's clouds we now have snow up on the mountains and that is beautiful. In this time of year, that is normal and if you want you can go up to those mountain and play and enjoy the snow. Yes, in certain times of the year snow in the mountains is normal. That too is a benefit with our choice

Now look at this, verse 12 (AMP) says, "O LORD of hosts, how blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relaying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation]."

Yes, there is hope, expectation, blessing and favor that comes from our putting our trust, and believing, relying, and committing yourself to the LORD God. That is our choice. Yes, it can all be normal and great! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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