Psalm 16
A Miktam of David.
1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you."
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Perk UP.
Misery Loves company. Just writing that makes me more cheerful.
David in the Holy Spirit has a lot of wisdom. He has arranged each verse to be filled with meaning.
This week Bites. This springs from massive antibiotics for Anthrax poisoning cause of this - the dog attack. With another serious antibiotic. I was deciding this morning if my health declines - seriously - before nausea kicked in and realizing, oh, these two high powered antibiotics were more apt to glow in the dark instead of rattle with a few funny colored pills with recognizable antibiotic names.
How I miss my dog. Pray for us all to heal, please.
One of my favorite phrases is about Pineapples.
When you are feeling as if you are in decline, do not make your world and the whole world into a Pineapple and try to eat it in one bite.
We have to rest and let God.
Having lost a pet in College and told not to cry and miss College, instead: "Be an adult." No one is supposed to cry about (anything) pets. I will tell you I have friends and neighbors who have cried, as adults, in adult parties over losing their pet. Alleluia. Reality.
We want life to skate along. No Misery loves company. And yet, we need personal stories on Overcoming. Especially the rosy, quick fixes. The real thing is sustainable. Enduring. Steadfast. And skate by is not sustainable and enjoyable and fleeting.
We have to shake off what weighs us down and look up eternally.
Enduring is having a warmth fix directly into your God-given eternity - your soul. The reason we read David 3000 Three - thousand - years - later... we are shown how understandable our troubles and emotions are. We learn how Great God is. How Merciful God really is. Not Gilligan's Island 3 hour tour, a 3 hour tour. Instead Three Thousand Years. Three Thousand Years.
The earth repairs. Rest. Gloom. Clouds. And we observe trees have shapes. God-given shapes. Wot? Corrie Ten Baum would say even the fleas have a good reason to exist. Observations. Times of worry are given to observation. David has done this. God has a hand in Blessings and Woe. And Whoa. This season in our life is time to think about changes - recovery - and overcoming.
Seasons in our lives.
And so we observe not just Scripture, but the facts of History to understand the major workings of our Living God. We observe art and the historical failings of governments and machines and histories of fallible mankind. We live in pop culture and find God. We look to see how evil dots in and out and the costumes evil wears. We will understand our emotions and steadfastly hold the Faith to God who is our Sustaining GOD HIMSELF. Jesus Christ will hold us steadfastly and sustain us. Really.
We look at God's Creation and find God tells us all of His Creation belongs to Him.
As the Earth is encased in Gloom and Rest, we refer to as late winter. If you observe the Horizon even the millenniums of our DNA forefathers would see for good cause - our eye level sees no help is going to arrive any time soon. And this chill is not going anywhere - Baby. Prepare for the long cold winter to CONTINUE. And, well, the People in Bora Bora have this too. And one tv show says winter can come and last for damn near forever. Look. We are Stuck. It's bad.
The Spring begins when suddenly we are all weary of Gloom.
No help is coming, the trees are barren. The horizon is gloomy. The only thing blowing in is chilly. We are too beaten down to watch the shapeless clouds drift by. Gradually our head flops down to our feet.
Only God could help. Only God could help. Only God Himself could help.
Doesn't it make sense Spring would begin in the Sky near the Sun? Yes, and only the ground itself is watching Up. Light has miraculously been arriving. Darkness and gloom do not prevent the Light. We might, with a smile, call this grassroots.
What is Grassroots?
God our Refuge.
God is Good.
God tells us. God Tells us. God Tells Us. Remember. For every time there is a Season. Under Heaven.
And we learn lessons a shepherd learned as a boy and has started an endless circle of Love rolling to never end. Three thousand years.
Matters that cause us concern.
It's so bad - we have 14 Senators sending up a bill for the almost born to be killed horribly. And Canada is defrocking CS Lewis former students who are 90-year-old saints and priests for refusing to let the Bible say Zim for neutral gender.
We know reality. In England, it's out of fashion to love the Bible. And display Salt Papyrus 124 where Pharoah talks about Mose and natural disaster.
God delights in mankind and finds saints. Say that again. Delights. Numbers 6, God not only smiles. He Delights. He Shines. His face raises with anticipation of Joy. Sustainable Love. Excellent ones He sees.
Trouble? Yes for those troubles dotting in and out. We look to what is good and noble and pure and sustains what God delights in - Life.
God tells us we do NOT have to focus on what is not Good.
What is my future? God is holding this in His Heart. I can trust God. I can dwell reading the Promises of God. God is Truth. His Word Holds True.
God tells us not to hold drink offerings with what is not sustainable. Interesting phrasing. Put our minds at work there.
Counsel in Dreams. Good to know.
We'll Trust God.
You make known to me the path of Life and
In Your presence, there is fullness of Joy
at Your Right Hand are pleasures forever
and this we know to be
Jesus the Christ of God.
The Future is always in Your Capable Hands.
Help us to put down concerns and anxieties. Bringing more Heaven to earth, blessing the communion of saints - the praying believers enveloping Your Good Creation with Prayer. Heaven circling the earth with the prayer blessed by Jesus Christ in His Word.
Believing so completely our Loved ones are given to You, Abba. Knowing in Prayer this is so well, completely and Lovingly cared for we can take the concerns running from ourselves all the way to the Nation and know Your Love called upon - with faith - always answers. You are Steadfast Love.
I am giving You thanks for good healing in my arm. For the doctor and all his office. For the caring ER people found.
For Jesus as Light of the world, blessing us further than we will know in this life.
Feeling the fullness of Joy, You are our Father of all Seasons and Enduring, Steadfast Love.
Our Jesus Christ Always. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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