Today's Beginning

Friday... Now this is the way to start a new day. Psalm 46:1 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble." Did you catch that? He is "our" refuge? The "our" makes it personable. Now we have to reach out and rely in order to realize it that he is always ready. But it is the truth. Again, he is always ready in times of our being in trouble. The writer goes on. Verse 2 says, "So we will not fear." So many times we go to bed afraid and then we wake up in fear. Again, "We will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea." Verse 3, "Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!"  I live 4 hours away from the ocean but I do live in a valley that is surrounded by mountains. But maybe it isn't mountains or the ocean that makes us afraid. But no matter what it is, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of t...

Wednesday... Yes, we can, yes, we can! What are you facing today? Whatever it is we can face it fearless, yes, we can! The Psalmist in Psalm 46:2 & 3 (MSG) says, "We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains." So can we do that? Yes, we can! Verse 1 tells us why we can, "God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him." The New Living Translation says it this way, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!"  Let it happen. Let it happen. Let pandemic happen. Let job problems happen. Let relationships waver and fall. Let it happen. Let poor health happen. Let it happen. Let whatever you are facing happen. Let it happen. We can handle whatever comes...