Today's Beginning

Friday... They go together.  Have you ever thought, without Good Friday there is no Easter? They go together. Discouragement and God go together. Too many times good times do not turn us to God. It's the difficult ones, it's the troubling times, the pandemics, the inflation going wild, gas prices going up. That is when it seems we turn to God and that makes whatever we are going through a good thing. I was reading this morning in Psalm 37 and seeing how David was doing. He is always an encouragement.  Verses 3 & 4 (NLT) says, "Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desire." Now that's an encouragement. Verse 5, "Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him and he will help you." Did you need that thought today? Verse 7, "Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret abo...

Wednesday... Do you ever feel like a simpleton? It is easy to feel like one when your in areas you know nothing about.  Now the writer of Psalm 92:6 (NLT) says, "Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this:" And this is not what we want to not understand. He continues, "Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish they will be destroyed forever." We need to not be a simpleton in this area. We need to understand this.  In verses 4-5 he says, "You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done. O Lord, what great works you do! And how deep your thoughts." And then he says, "Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this: Though the wicked flourish, they will be destroyed." I think we can and do understand this. Now that is understandable, isn't it? That is easy for us to understand so let's live as if we understand. The MES...