So many of my troubles in life I have had a direct hand in. And God is not shy about disciplining me over such things. But just when I fear that He is so done with me, I am overcome again and again with the experience of the love of God. Like the writer of Psalm 94. . .
"Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD,
and whom You teach out of Your Law,
to give him rest from days of trouble. .(His discipline is all love, to give me rest)
For the LORD will not forsake his people;
He will not abandon His heritage. . . (I really am NOT alone)
If the LORD had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. (Which means I would have had to disappear, and I have NOT had to disappear)
When I thought, 'My foot slips,'
Your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. (Even in that which hurts so much, He meets me with love, covenant love, hesed love.)
When the cares of my heart are many, (which they have been)
Your consolations cheer my soul." (comfort, real comfort. . .)
Psalm 94: 12-14, 17-19
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Amen and Amen!
He is at work deeply within. And you know it by the longing and the loneliness that work so quietly that they are easily missed and misunderstood.
As I write you are climbing, perhaps you are at the summit already. My prayer today is that the joy He gives you would not keep you from seeing the joy He is.
love and grace this Friday AM.
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