Open Windows.
Open Doors.
God is always standing at the door of our heart.
Waiting to walk in.
Surreptitiously Boldly Sweetly.
God desires Truth fall into my innermost being. Psalm 51:6No words adequate to express how He does it.
Our Refuge, Our Strength.
Purge us from anything that steals our joy,
That keeps us from knowing what is true
way down deep inside.
And to those hidden places, O God,
where we have not yet known freedom,
create in us a clean heart,
a steadfast spirit.
Oh God!
Psalm 51:6 comes to my mind day after day,
year after year.
Sink your Truth into my longing heart!
PRAYER FROM PSALMS
Psalm 51:6 - Dear God, I know this verse by heart. We need your Truth to sink deep into the places in our heart where we do not trust, do not walk, do not live. Sink it deep. Sink it way down deep.
OVERVIEW: Psalm 51-56
(Writing this early Sunday morning when all is quiet here on the usually louder deck overlooking the lake. I wish you could hear the birds right now.)
ReplyDelete"I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
I would flee far away
and stay in the desert;
I would hurry to my place of shelter,
far from the tempest and storm.” (Psalm 55:6-8)
"Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
for in you I take refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until the disaster has passed." (Psalm 57:1)
Sometimes I get tempted to run from difficult situations. It struck me that the verse talked about running to the dessert. I wouldn't want to be stuck in a place that is dry and hot... and basically miserable. :) Then as I read Psalm 57:1 I noticed in my Bible where I had put a note written in March of 2004 where I wrote, "It's gonna pass!!" I thought it was interesting that back then I was dealing with the very same issue that makes me want to run away today. My takeaway today is that there are hills and valleys, but when I invite God into the issues, they seem to pass and it gives me Peace... His Peace.
Have a Peaceful Sunday, Pearls!
Love you,
A.
There are so many verses that spoke to me in today's reading. I think I will narrow my comment down to:
ReplyDeleteFor You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Lip service does not cut it, playing church won't do it either. A humble spirit and a contrite heart please God and bring us closer to Him.