Psalm 42
As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?[See the face of God]
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival.
so pants my soul for you, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?[See the face of God]
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation 6 and my God.
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation 6 and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me.
8 By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God, my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me.
8 By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God, my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
During the years we were Catholic, I remember watching Mother Angelica on television - hearing of a priest being converted from worldly success to the priesthood, because he awed by the Scriptures being read word for word, in precision, in order across the entire world. Regardless of circumstance, the liturgy was read; the daily Scripture told of God's nature.
As a new, and again Anglican - British people came to visit, telling of the Church of England suffering permanent loss after World War II because the correct order of the Scriptures were read and the people did not feel fed, merely part of a system.
Today is the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. A great tragedy, where we read the face of God was turned away. Today's Scripture was supposed to be Ezekiel 7, the Day of Wrath. However, we are in a precarious situation in our country. Many people feel capitalism feeds only the cream and not the workers. Other people feel we should help everyone - give comfort with government decision on day care to the decision of where we should live and in what manner - as long as we all have access to health care. Others feel Animal Farm with a system appearing to help the masses while really the people in power are the only ones with affluence.
Should we stay to the left? Vere to the right? People with political savvy feel we could become like South America where we veer right to left with little being accomplished. Some applaud the idea of government stymie. And Libertarians - I remember when we all thought they were out of their minds. Now, I hear moderate Republicans wanting to be Libertarians. Recently, I went into an affluent store on Padre Island where the parties were being debated as really being one party. I suggested to the store employees lunching that both Congressional parties were receiving Chinese money to do away with our system and liberties. Partially I said it to see the reaction. They laughed and the most talkative of the group waved her fork and said she could see that happening easily. We no longer have faith in our government to support our views.
We've seen changes. We've seen college students unable to find jobs easily. People looking for jobs. We've also seen President Reagan run for President and ask us to believe America had not seen the end of its glories. We saw this country recover from economic stalemate almost purely on entrepreneurial inspiration.
What would recovery of our hope take? God. The belief what we do matters. Now and in the future to our family, what we put our efforts into should include our family and communication - so they really understand what we believe. The need to speak genuine hope to one another.
The belief and actions that say - I believe we can do away with compromise that merely compromises our very cores and hope belief, action, industry, enterprise will offer opportunity to up lift, to confirm, to encourage, to prosper.
Pray each day for your nation, for your family, your Church, your neighbors, your friends. Expect the LORD to hear and act. Encourage each other in prayer.
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
In Jesus Christ is our salvation.
Daily. Pray. Vote. Believe.
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and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
During the years we were Catholic, I remember watching Mother Angelica on television - hearing of a priest being converted from worldly success to the priesthood, because he awed by the Scriptures being read word for word, in precision, in order across the entire world. Regardless of circumstance, the liturgy was read; the daily Scripture told of God's nature.
As a new, and again Anglican - British people came to visit, telling of the Church of England suffering permanent loss after World War II because the correct order of the Scriptures were read and the people did not feel fed, merely part of a system.
Today is the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. A great tragedy, where we read the face of God was turned away. Today's Scripture was supposed to be Ezekiel 7, the Day of Wrath. However, we are in a precarious situation in our country. Many people feel capitalism feeds only the cream and not the workers. Other people feel we should help everyone - give comfort with government decision on day care to the decision of where we should live and in what manner - as long as we all have access to health care. Others feel Animal Farm with a system appearing to help the masses while really the people in power are the only ones with affluence.
Should we stay to the left? Vere to the right? People with political savvy feel we could become like South America where we veer right to left with little being accomplished. Some applaud the idea of government stymie. And Libertarians - I remember when we all thought they were out of their minds. Now, I hear moderate Republicans wanting to be Libertarians. Recently, I went into an affluent store on Padre Island where the parties were being debated as really being one party. I suggested to the store employees lunching that both Congressional parties were receiving Chinese money to do away with our system and liberties. Partially I said it to see the reaction. They laughed and the most talkative of the group waved her fork and said she could see that happening easily. We no longer have faith in our government to support our views.
We've seen changes. We've seen college students unable to find jobs easily. People looking for jobs. We've also seen President Reagan run for President and ask us to believe America had not seen the end of its glories. We saw this country recover from economic stalemate almost purely on entrepreneurial inspiration.
What would recovery of our hope take? God. The belief what we do matters. Now and in the future to our family, what we put our efforts into should include our family and communication - so they really understand what we believe. The need to speak genuine hope to one another.
The belief and actions that say - I believe we can do away with compromise that merely compromises our very cores and hope belief, action, industry, enterprise will offer opportunity to up lift, to confirm, to encourage, to prosper.
Pray each day for your nation, for your family, your Church, your neighbors, your friends. Expect the LORD to hear and act. Encourage each other in prayer.
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
In Jesus Christ is our salvation.
Daily. Pray. Vote. Believe.
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