Psalm for you soul...

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 

(He has a plan no matter what - His will is for my good and I must trust it, it is always for my good.. )

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 

(My tears- worthless to anyone else - so precious to my Father that He keeps them.) 

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 

(Enough said.)

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? 

(Calvary covers it all...)

Psalms 56:3-4, 8, 11, 13 KJV)

Old sinners like me...

No one (not even my own worrisome nature) can ever tell me that God doesn't use old sinners like me...  There are too many women in the bible who the Lord redeemed out of wicked lives, and set them on beautiful paths of righteous grace, in order to glorify His name. I love that He loves me so much, and that because of the Cross, I am a trophy of grace...perfection rests in His work on Calvary and not on feeble flesh. I fail him and make bad choices, but so did so many others.  We have to reap what we sow and move on, seeking to daily serve the one who delivers us and keeps us no matter what.

This was awesome...

Excerpt from
https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/all-women-bible/Rahab

The threefold reference to Rahab in the New Testament reveals how she became a faithful follower of the Lord. She had been taken from the dunghill and placed among the saints in the genealogy of the Saviour (Matthew 1:5 where Rachab [kjv] and Rahab [asv], are to be identified as the same person). Her remarkable faith was a sanctifying faith leading her to a pure life and honorable career. As the result of her marriage to Salmon, one of the two spies whom she had saved, who “paid back the life he owed her by a love that was honourable and true,” Rahab became an ancestress in the royal line from which Jesus came as the Saviour of lost souls. “Poor Rahab, the muddy, the defiled, became the fountainhead of the River of the Water of Life which floweth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.” Her name became sanctified and ennobled, and is worthy of inclusion among many saints.

Paul highly commends Rahab for her energetic faith and gives her a place on the illustrious roll of the Old Testament of those who triumphed by faith. “By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she received the spies with peace” (Hebrews 11:31). What a suggestive touch that is, “with peace.” There was not only faith in her heart that God would be victorious, but also an assured peace when she hid the spies that her deliverance from destruction would be taken care of. She knew the rest of faith. In fact, Rahab is the only woman besides Sarah who is designated as an example of faith in the great cloud of witnesses. What a manifestation of divine grace it is to find the one-time harlot ranked along with saints like Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses and David

Resolute Two, He's in the Details

Looking for answers in tough situations is often a difficult task, yet,  here it is quite obvious to me that there are two resolute truths that should always remain our stay in any matter:

1. Fear God, reverence Him, the same maker who created and maintains the stars, is the same one who holds you in the palm of His nail-scarred hands. He will search the matter out,  He knows the secrets of the heart. (Psalms 44:21)

2.  Keep His commandments. His word will never lead us astray. Search for peace and wisdom through your circumstances by abiding in His truths, let them guide your every step, be obedient in them, even when it doesn't make sense to your heart. Remember that our hearts are wicked and deceitful, but God can never lie, His word will stand when nothing else will. "Obedience to the Holy Spirit is spiritual dynamite" - Oswald Chambers.

I find myself talking to the Lord all the time saying, "Aahhh, I just don't know God, I just don't know what to do."    This morning,  He reminded me  that being obedient and having reverence of His Word are what I always need to be doing, especially when I don't know what to do. Jesus died for me, not just that I may life, but that I may have it more abundantly. (John 10:10) The details of what that abundance will be, well, I need to leave those up to Him.

It Matters

It Matters

Matthew 22:37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

We tell the kids in Sunday school that the way we love him matters.  It makes a difference in the way we make our decisions,  in the way we treat others,  in the way we do our jobs, in the way we view defeat, and in the way we view success. But the way we believe and trust His love also matters.  Let us not forget, He loved us with the Cross, and that is the ultimate gift of grace, we most definitely matter to Him.

Forever Loved

(Psalms 86:1-2, 5, 10, 12-13 )

Bow down thine ear, O Lord , hear me: for I am poor and needy.  Preserve my soul;

(Protect me sweet Savior, cover me with the Cross)

for I am holy:

( I am a wretched sinner saved by grace,  made Holy in thy sight by the precious blood of Christ.)

O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.  For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

(What a glorious hope we have in thee, O Lord)

  For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.  I will praise thee,

(You have given way more than I deserve,  thank you)

O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.  For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

(I weep with gratefulness,  I'm overwhelmed at the magnitude of your grace)

This morning as I sat in my car waiting on the store to open, I was talking to the Lord about some heartbreaks I've been experiencing lately.  I was asking him to protect me from my uncanny ability to make the wrong choices, for him to lead me and for him to, yes, make my heart feel better.  I came across this passage, and it comforted me in my time of sorrow and loneliness.  He has done so much for me that I don't deserve, and in his awesome love for me will continue to take care of me. He never ever fails to speak to me when I'm truly listening. I'm so thankful that when I am rejected by man, I still remain fully accepted by my heavenly Father.  I am written in the palms of his hand - forever loved, forever wanted and  forever  forgiven.

A Psalm for the Heart Broken

  I waited patiently for the Lord ; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 

(he stands ready)

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings 

 (this depressing time won't last forever)

he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:

(thankful that one day I will sing a lovely song)

Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord . Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

 (my strength is all from Him, my testimony pointing to Christ and the power of the Cross)

Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered

( he has great, big plans for me. Ones I cannot fathom)

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.  Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually,

(My anchor...breathe it in,  breathe it out)

The Lord be magnified.  But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

(He loves me, oh yes,  He loves even me)

Psalms 40:1-5, 8, 16-17

Heavenly Vision

Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision. Acts 26:19

Sometimes I m walking so close to my Lord that I can feel His sweet breath of  wisdom kiss my cheek, then, at other times,  I'm so lost I can't even sense His presence as I pray.  In my busyness to get to where I'm going,  I get distracted.  I find, as my day begins, I leave pieces of my armor beside the bed and, day after day, I am not as prepared as I should be. I am weakened, and more susceptible to temptations and the wiles of the enemy.  I never want to be grow so busy that I become disobedient to the calling He has placed in my life.   He doesn't intend for me to get lost - I do that all by myself.  We can all lose sight of God's heavenly vision for our lives, but that doesn't mean He has. I challenge you,  as I have myself,  to take more time to listen for His voice, pray, ask Him to refresh your soul and renew our joy, and seek His calling in openness, with obedient hearts. It's no telling what greatness God can do,  He's just awesome that way!