Today's Beginning

Tuesday... So where do they come from? Life has its good times and not so good times. I am a big Los Angeles Dodgers fan and they lost last night their second game in a best out of five playoff series. My football team also lost this weekend. So I've come to the conclusion that my joy and gladness doesn't always come from my sports teams. So many places where we look for joy and gladness so many times brings us emotional trouble and disappointments. Now King David was the focus king of Israel and the writer of many of the Psalms in the OT of the Bible and he says in Psalm 70:4 (NLT), "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you." It seems it's not a where but a who.  Now he is not talking about being a fan of the LA Dodgers. It's true that every once in a while I get some joy and gladness from them and I hope that will be true on Wednesday night when they play their next game but in no way is it continual. But we get so emotionally in...

Thursday... Please, please hurry! Don't know what David had going on in his life but he needed help right now.  In Psalm 70:1 (NLT) he says, "Come quickly, Lord, and help me." and then in verse 5 he says, " please hurry to my aid, O God." Whatever it was, he needed help right now and that is usually the way we are. He at least said, please. We don't even do that. How do you respond when your kids say something like this, can we eat now, can you please hurry? They always have a good reason for being in a hurry, at least to them but what about us with them.  Now it doesn't seem like God came back at him and rebuked him. He seemed to be patient with him. But that's not always true of us with our kids, with our spouse, and with others, is it? The things we says when someone is pushing us, trying to get us to hurry. It's not always a pretty picture. I like what David said in verses 4 & 5, he said, "But may all who search for you be filled wit...