Today's Beginning

Psalm 11:1a (AMP), "In the Lord I take refuge [and put my trust]." Thursday... So what can we do? Good question. We are going through such difficulties, such anger, such destruction.  David in his day writes in verse 2 (NLT), "The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right." And then in verse 3 he writes, "The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?" Now verse 1b says, "Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!" But David says in the first part of that verse, "I trust in the LORD for protection. So why do you say to me, "Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!" And for some who don't have a relationship with God they would think that running would be a good thing, And I'm sure some today feel like running to the mountains. Verse 4 says, "But the LORD is in his holy Temple; the Lord still ...

Saturday... Do we mean what we say? Good question. The Psalms in the Old Testament are so honest, so true and they gives us so much insight to who we are and what we may do in different situations. Look at Psalm 11:1-3 (MSG), "I've already run for dear life straight to the arms of God." And that is a great thing to do, isn't it? But he goes on, "So why would I run away now when you say, 'Run to the mountains; the evil bends the bow, the wicked arrows aimed to shoot under cover of darkness at every heart open to God. The bottom's dropped out of the country; good people don't have a chance'" Sounds like a lot we are hearing today. Have you read Facebook lately? Even some Christians are in the doom and gloom camp. It is so easy to have faith that God is going to take care of us in good times but what if the world turns upside down? What are we going to say then? Good question, isn't it?  Verses 4 - 6 says, "But God hasn't moved the ...