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Monday... So how do I handle a new day?


Psalm 13:5 (AMP), "But I have trusted and relied in and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness; My heart shall rejoice and delight in your salvation."

Monday... So how do I handle a new day?

I love the writings of King David in the Old Testament of the Bible. He is so honest and experienced and that is why I have turned to his writings for over 50 years.


Now a big portion of the 150 Psalms in the Old Testament of the Bible were written by him. And Psalm 13 is a great example in how to handle a new day.

In his honesty he starts this Psalm with some questions that I'm sure we sometimes have. In verses 1-2 he speaks from his heart. He asks four questions. He asks, "How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart day after day?"

Now that is honesty. Do we ever ask God questions like that? Or do we use those feelings as a reason to not believe in God? Or if we do, do we feel so guilty and we try to hide those feelings from him.

Maybe some who are reading this are feeling this way and that is a tough way to start a new day, isn't it?

But David doesn't end there. Look at what he wrote in verse 5. He reminded himself and us of this truth that counteracted what he was feeling. Verse 5 says, "But I have trusted and relied in and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness; My heart shall rejoice and delight in your salvation." 

Yes, I have trusted and relied in and been confident. And that is what we too need to be reminded.

The New Living Translations says verse 5 this way, "But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me." And verse 6, "I will sing to the LORD because he is good to me." And we need to be reminded of that fact probably every day. 

That gets our focus back on our LORD and who He is and what He has done and will do.

So there is a new positive beginning for this new day. He love us with unfailing love, he has rescued us before and he is so good to us. That is the way to counteract the negative and discouraging feelings. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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