Psalm 103 - O my soul, bless God. From head to toe.
He forgives your sins—every one.
He heals your diseases—every one.
He redeems you from hell—saves your life!
He crowns you with love and mercy—a paradise crown.
He wraps you in goodness—beauty eternal.
He renews your youth—you're always young in his presence.
As high as heaven is over the earth, so strong is his love to those who fear him. And as far as sunrise is from sunset, he has separated us from our sins.
Jan, Cici, Michele, Mary Lou, Kim, He know us all inside and out, keeps in mind that we're made of mud.
Psalm 105
Annette, Sylvia, Ang, Nise, Deborah, Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works; be alert for signs of His presence.
God speaks.
It may be in the humdrum of life or it may be in hurts that pierce our hearts and make our blood run cold.
God speaks.
"And the reason that His Words are Impossible to Capture in Human Language is of course that they are ultimately always Incarnate Words. They are words fleshed out in the everydayness, no less than in the crises of our own experience." (Buechner). Whether you heard him in the humdrum or hurts of this day, keep your eyes open for Him. What sign was His Presence to you this day?
Please pray for me especially this day that i would keep my eyes open and be so aware of the signs of the Presence of my God.
ReplyDeleteJHPainterGirl, Janet (sometimes affectionately called Jan by her friend Sylvia), I promise to pray for you this day, this week. May you be so aware of the signs of the Presence of the Beautiful God Who lives in you and pours out. Pslam 50:2.
Just remembered FG as your sweet name is not on my list. So, I pray for you this day that as you keep your eyes open for your God, you watch for His Works this week, and that you will Hear His Still Voice saying this is the way, walk in it. You've become such a dear friend! Your words are weighty. Love, Bev
ReplyDeleteFAITH+++He's God, our God, in charge of the whole earth...Psalm 105:7
ReplyDeleteHOPE+++God makes everything come out right; he puts victims back on their feet...Psalm 103:6
LOVE+++As high as heaven is over the earth, so strong is his love to those who fear him...Psalm 103:11
SUFFERING COMES FOR A GREATER GOOD+++He turned the Egyptians against his people; they abused and cheated God's servants...PSALM 105:25
ETERNAL REWARDS+++He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot, and not one among his tribes even stumbled...Psalm 105:37
BLESS HIM TODAY+++
He forgives your sins—
every one.
He heals your diseases—
every one.
He redeems you from hell—
saves your life!
He crowns you with love and mercy—
a paradise crown.
He wraps you in goodness—
beauty eternal.
He renews your youth—
you're always young in his presence...PSALM 103:3-5
Bev, how I pray that you and all of us would have scales removed from our eyes...as miraculously as the eyes of Saul/Paul were given spiritual sight...so that we can see Him and His destiny for us revealed.
ReplyDeleteI know how badly I see without my contacts. And then, when I put them on...WOW! My sight becomes instantly clear and sharp. He is with us. He is in each of our battles. He knows how hard it is for us and He cares. And as hard as it is to admit this, He allows us to suffer. But not out of cruelty. He tells us to rejoice in suffering.
I pray that each of us would find a way to rejoice when life hurts.
How I pray today that I will see Him even more clearly in the humdrum of life. Oh, how I only know in part how wicked my heart truly is...too hard to take IF I knew fully. He is so gracious to only reveal to me a small part. How precious to me to see Him in the lives of others..His presence is there when they reveal Him in thier lives. He truly is the Potter and I am the clay, or as Bev said...mud. May I be pliable and moldable for Him this day and every day. Happy 4th everyone...today is my oldest one's birthday..one of the best days of my life when she made me a mom...doesn't seem possible to be as long ago as it was...38 years.
ReplyDeleteI love being in the Psalms right now, and we finally get to my favorite, 105. I read a comment on the LP blog the other day where Erica asked, "How do you know God loves you?" With these reminders of all His works in these Psalms, I wonder how you could not know. I have been in Erica's shoes, and some days I still can go there, but when truth is spoken, it resonates in your soul. These psalms resonate! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy Name!
ReplyDeleteBev, praying for you to see His presence particulary this week, for your soul to resonate and sing back to Him, in His relentless love for you.
And to each of you reading, I pray for your hearts this day to see and remember His kindnesses to you and be joyful.
Your comments often come back to me in the day, and I feel your hearts poured out here. I am filled with gratitude for this sweet place to unveil our hearts, whether battered and torn or resting in joy. Keep claiming His promises. Keep spreading His love.
Mary Lou, Your heart is so beautiful. I am thankful too, how He only reveals a small part of our heart that He's working on, to not overwhelm but to carefully mold the clay of our souls.
ReplyDeleteI celebrate your daughter's birthday with you, and happy "mother's day" to you!
I'm just going to say one more thing, I promise. I never learned to type numbers in typing class. My favorite psalm is 103! I guess they all are, but that seemed important enough to correct... :)
ReplyDeleteOh my, Bev, but I stopped at DQ for a hamburger and onion rings today at lunch.
ReplyDeleteReached in the bag and pulled out an onion ring that had fried in the shape of a heart.
I saw HIM and felt HIS love for me right then and there. How much trouble He went to today to show me that one thing! Random day, random stop at DQ, random order of food...intentional Godstop...
Bless Him. Bless His sweet heart.
Happy Mom Anniversary, Mary Lou. You are a beautiful lump of mud to all of us. Thank you for your reminder that our hearts are truly wicked. We would be nothing without Him. Nothing.
Annette, I think about these posts throughout my day, too. And I am becoming more aware of areas in my life that need changing by Him.
David is so like me. I love...I hate...I doubt...I have faith. I'm prone to wander...I cling.
I am not an angel. I am mud.
I'm up north alone with my husband celebrating our 9th Anniversary. I SO need eyes to see Lincoln just like God sees him... and me. I have no Internet, just my iPhone so I won't be posting. Jan, I'm praying hard for you as I am at my favorite place... by water on a beautiful lake.I'm praying for the rest of my precious sisters in Christ, too! I'm looking forward to early morning coffee and my quiet time alone in His Presence! I'm enjoying His beauty & my freedom!
ReplyDeleteI love and appreciate each of you!
Angie xoxo
p.s. Deb, there is a DQ real close and I may just have to stop there! ;)
p.p.s. I totally feel like Erica more than I'd like to admit and even went as far as copied and pasted a comment a sweet young girl, Missy wrote (no accident) especially for me to read. I believe it was God winking at me in the midst of about 584 comments if I remember correctly! :)
ReplyDeletePraying for you, Ang. And for you, too, Jan.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say to you, sweet Ang, is that God knows your heart to love your husband. I miss mine so very much. Funny how all the things that used to bother me about him are not remembered...it's the things I love about him that keep surfacing.
I challenge you to write 100 positive things about your husband and ask God to help you as you cleave to your husband.
Fireproof and "The Love Dare" really stresses for married partners to never listen to their heart...because the heart lies. It can be deceitful.
I am most definitely not preaching to you, my precious sister-in-Christ. I just know hurt. And God is working in my broken heart right now. He is so very good at restoring...even resurrecting. May God be very active as you silently cling to Him. Enjoy breakfast by the water and remember Christ preparing breakfast for his disciples by the sea. He wants to sup with you, too, Angie. Praying for some much needed time of communion between you and your Redeemer. Tell Him exactly how you feel. Just like David did. He can definitely take your honesty.
Hope DQ is in your future!