23Nevertheless I am continually with You; You do hold my right hand.
24You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to honor and glory.
25Whom have I in heaven but You? And I have no delight or desire on earth besides You.
26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever.
27For behold, those who are far from You shall perish; You will destroy all who are false to You and like [spiritual] harlots depart from You.
28But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God and made Him my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.
Good morning, beloved,
God just knows what I need today. He knew what my heart longed to hear today.
God is my rock and my firm strength of my heart and my portion forever…
I decided to look at some commentary today on Psalm 73 and while it may be a tad long, it is such good wisdom for me today..I”m sharing.
It is important that we have basic foundational truths that are undergirding us. Because we, all of us, are going to face experiences of life that we will not understand. Hard, painful experiences. Experiences that will challenge God’s goodness and God’s love. If God is good, then why did God allow this tragedy to happen to me? If God loves me, then why would He allow me to have to experience this heartache? I do not understand all of the things that happen to me in life. And I have made it a practice, whenever I am faced with a situation that I cannot understand, I fall back on what I do understand. There are certain foundational truths upon which I fall back when I am faced with circumstances that I cannot understand in my life. And what I do understand is that God is good, that God loves me, and that all things are working together for good to those who love God. And thus, by faith I accept my adverse circumstances. Though I don’t understand them, I accept them, knowing that it is God that has brought these circumstances. It is God who is in the control of my life. For I have committed my life to Him. And I know that God is working in these circumstances. Though they may seem bitter and adverse, yet God is working a good and perfect plan in my life. And I just live with it. I just accept, “Oh Lord, I’ll just leave this with You, that You will bring out of this Your good purpose and Your good plan for me.” If I did not have the basic foundations underneath, then when the troubles come, when I get into these kind of circumstances, I would be totally wiped out.
Laura Story Blessings
I realized after a very hard day yesterday in the battlefield of my mind some hard truths.
I have to study the Bible in earnest. I have to have verses stuck in my head throughout the day to remind me of hope. To keep me fresh in my thoughts. My thoughts were all over the place and I realized at the end of the day what a war thrashed in my mind! I must keep my mind filled with His word.
What verse are you going to keep your mind focused on today? Here’s mine:
But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God and made Him my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.
Near..conveys drawing near, staying close. Huddling under his wing..I’m there. I’m not leaving.
Just a good image for me to hold onto today. He watches over me like this mother.
God..eloyhim..the one true GOD!
good…a good thing, benefit, welfare
refuge…refuge, shelter from rain or storm, from danger.
How often do I construct my own refuge? My own designs are so useless. My plans.
When God has this in mind for me…
See what I mean? My God can take care of me. I just need to keep placing it back in His most awesome hands. He’s got it.
Pray on friends. Hold on…
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Cara,
I am lifting you and your family up in prayer today. Thank you for your blog.
Polly
Thank you Polly..:)
Honey, I’m so proud of you and your work here. You’ve got a great passion that swarms through the electrons and the links and modems, something that can’t be repressed. I urge you to what your mind is saying to you. You clearly have the heart of a teacher–which is by no means surprising, since you come from a fambly of teachers–and you are working through that with your children and now with your blogs. When you were little, mom and I decided we wanted to emphasize three things in our family–wisdom; courage; and pursuit of truth. They are of course related, but each has a distinction.
When I started on my doctorate, I wanted to do it for myself, but even as much as that, I wanted to let you and Tim and the rest of the family see that it was possible. I’d been pretty badly hurt by some people in my life, as well, and I felt it was necessary for me to try to do something that would allow me to assert, if only to myself, that there was something special about me. That was one of the hardest things I ever did, yet, because of that difficulty, I took pride in overcoming it.
I think you ought to find a way to start taking classes that would lead to a master’s degree, and then beyond if possible. I think this blog makes it clear that your mind is that of an academic, and I urge you to consider what you could do if you were a spokesman for Christianity, an apologist. I think you can do far more than I ever did. I’d love to do more Bible teaching, but that doesn’t seem possible now. What is possible is to do what I can to leave my children and grandchildren with the notion that life is learning, and growing, and maintaining balance emotionally, physically, mentally, and just as important as the others, spiritually. Walk with the King, Dad
Words don’t express very well, Dad, how much this paragraph means to me. Thank you so much.