May 14, 2008
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May 14, 2008
May 15, 2008 at 12:17 am
I haven’t been online since Saturday night.
Sweet Lisa, I just left you a comment on May 11th about my definition of being a Christian.
Thanks for asking!
Here’s what lingers with me from today’s reading. I keep thinking I can make this short but every single day, the Word becomes so ALIVE to me and I am just overwhelmed with it! So grateful to my beautiful God!
II Samuel 20:6 – David said that Sheba would do more harm than his son Absalom did. That’s quite a statement giving us a look into David’s heart that David really believed his son did do him great harm.
II Samuel 20:18 – A wise woman stood up and appealed to David that he not destroy a city that is “a mother in Israel.” So Joab decided to take Sheba’s life instead of ravaging the city. I hope we all have courage like this wise woman to speak up on behalf of others.
Psalm 140:4 jumped off the page at me…”protect me from men who plan to trip my feet” and 140:7 “shield my head” o my God. I prayed both of these verses for the situation I was in today and God was so present for me.
I Chron 22:14 I loved how David took “great pains” to provide for the building of God’s House and obeyed and gave it to Solomon and said: Now begin the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged. There seems to be such a sense of the presence of God as I read these verses.
Psalm 29:7-9 I loved the metaphors for the Voice of the Lord:
* strikes like lightning
* shakes the desert
* twists the oaks
* strips the forests bare
I so long to hear the voice of my beautiful Christ striking, shaking, twisting, and stripping my life.
Psalm 29:11 – God gives strength…or am I looking for strength from others?
God blesses with peace…or am I looking to be at peace with others at all costs?
Psalm 30 – it’s the testimony of my coming to Christ….
30:1 lifted out of the depths
30:2 called to God for help & He healed me
30:5 weeeping may remain for a night;
joy comes in the morning
30:11 turned my wailing into dancing
30:12 I MAY NOT BE SILENT and so I want to say that even this very day my confidence has been so shaken, but my confidence is in my God not in myself, and He has made me alive to HIM and to the things of God and I cannot praise HIM enough! People made me feel very small today…all I can look at is my own sin and repent and put my confidence in a very big God who loves me and is with my every step.
May 15, 2008 at 12:37 pm
My reminder for the day is 1 Chronicles 22:19:
“Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God.”
I think that’s my word for the day!
blessings to you all. I am so enjoying my journey with you.
karen