Psalm 75: 11 -12 Do for God what you said you'd do...To the One who watches our every move. Nobody gets by with anything, no one plays fast and loose with him. God is watching our every move whether we follow Him from a good place in our heart or whether it is from places where we live for our best life here.
He doesn't miss a thing and One Day He is coming back to set all things right.
Psalm 77: 2-6 "I found myself in trouble and went looking for my Lord; my life was an open wound that wouldn't heal.... I can't even say what's bothering me. I go over the days one by one, I ponder the years gone by...wondering how to get my life together... is His Love worn threadbare?" Way-too-often, we can't say what is really bothering us---we know we're irritable over small stuff; we know we are unwilling to live in unending nasty problems; we know we don't want to spend time with people we don't want to be with. We think our worst problems are the people giving us fits. But no, our worst problem we will always have with us----our flesh. We can't eradiacte it.
Psalm 77: 13 -15 O God! Your way is holy! You're the God who makes things happen...You pulled your people out of the worst kind of trouble, rescued the children of Jacob and Joseph...Hidden in the hands of Moses and Aaron, You led your people. And He's leading us on a narrow path this very day even though it may be hidden in the hands of good people. "The more clearly we see Him, the more gladly we sing a new song that can never be sung by those who live on the broad road of seeking Me for blessings." 66 LL
So what's in my hand that I am grasping? The good life here? Let it go. What are you wresting out of my hands, dear LORD?
We played tourists today. Kayaking. Nice restaurants. Tourist Attractions like bat-watching. Brooke & two other missionaries were in town visiting. So good. My thoughts are with Annette this day and her precious girl Lauren and the vows she took before a holy God. May she find HIM in ways we never imagine.
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ReplyDeleteWe thank you, God, we thank you— your Name is our favorite word; your mighty works are all we talk about.
I'm thankful today.
I thank God for his mighty works in my life.
I have a home. Hummingbirds fight over the feeder. Daisies bloom by the most beautiful trellis of hybrid blue morning glory. A breeze blows by my chair as I sit on the porch. The peace and beauty is surreal. I can almost touch it with my hands.
I have food. (Just baked Cinnabon cookies and opened a Starbucks icy cold Frappucino). Watermelon is in my frig. I have everything I need and want.
I have clean clothes and shoes. Never enough, but oh, so plentiful.
I have family. They love and care for me.
I have friends. Some here who lift me up and encourage me.
I have so many things to be thankful for today.
And this place here...I cannot tell you how God has used this to anchor me.
He alone deserves the thanks and praises for all he has blessed me with.
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I walked through a cemetery yesterday and found a grave for a woman born in 1750. I noticed my maiden name here in a state I was not born in...on a tombstone by another with my married surname. Neither names are common and I just felt so at home there with my link to these strangers buried in Georgia soil. How interesting and how puzzling to find comfort in the fact that life continues through many hard days.
Life is a gift to be treasured.
Embrace each remembrance that we breath, we laugh, we weep, we feel.
Thank You, God. I praise your mighty works today in my life. I know you control every detail.
"God rules: he brings this one down to his knees,
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Oh, how I love this verse! I'm exhausted from so much family this weekend. It was a lot of fun. I laughed until my stomach hurt, but when I'm alone I am reminded that I am in desperate need for Plan A.
Love,
Angie xoxo