Why mornings are the best:
"But I will see Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied
with Your presence."
(Psalms 17:15 HCSB)
If only the nights were like mornings!
But in the night I struggle with my will to surrender, and the tension in me is heavy because I see how much I defer to rebellion:
"Moreover, keep Your servant
from willful sins;
do not let them rule over me.
Then I will be innocent
and cleansed from blatant rebellion."
(Psalms 19:13 HCSB)
When I realize eternity and that I am a co-heir, then I remember how all the things I have now are borrowed things that God owns to help me practice owning them together with others for eternity:
The earth and everything in it,
the world and its inhabitants,
belong to the Lord;
(Psalms 24:1 HCSB)
God does not react according to our acts of rebellion, He reacts according to His faithful love and goodness; He sees no sin in me when He looks at me which is so crazy-love:
"Do not remember the sins of my youth
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with Your faithful love,
remember me because of Your goodness, Lord." (Psalms 25:7 HCSB)
I just love when I'm told special secrets hehehehe:
The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.
(Psalms 25:14 HCSB)
My body, His temple:
"Lord, I love the house where You dwell,
the place where Your glory resides."
(Psalms 26:8 HCSB)
Ahhhh, waiting is so hard, but yet so simple:
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and courageous.
Wait for the Lord.
(Psalms 27:14 HCSB)
When the thoughts of "doing, trying, be better" overwhelm me:
You will free me from the net
that is secretly set for me,
for You are my refuge.
(Psalms 31:4 HCSB)
When I feel surrounded by thoughts that kill my hope:
May the Lord be praised,
for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love
to me in a city under siege.
In my alarm I had said,
“I am cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.
(Psalms 31:21-22 HCSB)
Pain is inevitable in this life, everyone will experience pain, but only those who turn to God will find true love that surpasses all pain:
"Many pains come to the wicked,
but the one who trusts in the Lord
will have faithful love surrounding him."
(Psalms 32:10 HCSB)
The more I am loved by Him the more I see who I truly am when I look at my face in photos:
Those who look to Him are radiant with joy;
their faces will never be ashamed.
(Psalms 34:5 HCSB)
Broken hearts never feel okay, but if God is near when my heart is broken then let it be so:
The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
He saves those crushed in spirit.
(Psalms 34:18 HCSB)
Jmegrey
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