You have searched
me, Lord,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Psalms 139:1-3
(NIV)
There
are times in every life when all you can do is what comes naturally, without
thinking, without strategizing, just doing. Fortunately, I am multiply blessed...
b)
I'm pretty good at (in)couraging...it's a superpower, you know
c)
usually God has already given me the rhema word I'll need to get through
something, I've written it down, and I just have to go back and find it...
There are days when I am strong, wise, and
wonderful, and others where despite faith, I am flawed, frail, and beautifully
human. Shadows remind us that despite discouragement, we are not, have never been
alone. If we could do it all without God, we would not seek His face. Our power is
in our connection to Him; we can do nothing alone. And
I know He watches me
despite the many times that your mind tells you different, know
that God knows you better than you know yourself and is guiding you in your
"blindness". Just follow in your darkness and know that the hand that
holds you is trustworthy. "
Of course she was right, and it was just what I needed to
hear, not unlike Psalms 139. Samuel
Annesley (1620-1696), writing in "The Morning Exercises" suggests that
it were well if Christians would do by it as Pythagoras by his
Golden Precepts,—every morning and evening repeat it.
It was my manifesto, my friend's words, along with the biblical reminder
that I am known, guided, adored. It was enough to get me through a day, a week
I thought might never end. It will carry
you too.
I am a friend of JC and a child of God. They
tell me things my mirror cannot. Among those things are my reminder that, as
has always been, God is good.
Today I am praying and playing over at Still Saturday with Sandra Heska King and Bless and Be Blessed Saturdays
Today I am praying and playing over at Still Saturday with Sandra Heska King and Bless and Be Blessed Saturdays