Psalm 30 ~ You have drawn me UP

 

Psalm 30

I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up

    and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

2 O Lord my God, I cried to you for help,

    and you have healed me.

3 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;

    you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

4 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,

    and give thanks to his holy name.

5 For his anger is but for a moment,

    and his favor is for a lifetime.

Weeping may tarry for the night,

    but joy comes with the morning.

6 As for me, I said in my prosperity,

    “I shall never be moved.”

7 By your favor, O Lord,

    you made my mountain stand strong;

you hid your face;

    I was dismayed.

8 To you, O Lord, I cry,

    and to the Lord I plead for mercy:

9 “What profit is there in my death,

    if I go down to the pit?

Will the dust praise you?

    Will it tell of your faithfulness?

10 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!

    O Lord, be my helper!”

11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

    you have loosed my sackcloth

    and 

clothed me with gladness,

12 that my glory may sing your praise 

and not be silent.

    O Lord my God, 

I will give thanks to You 

forever!

In all our conversations, sometimes we have memories lasting and lasting when we see those conversations in our memories.

And they define us as we process them. With The Lord!

So, here is Poll 3 question, 

"What has been one of your all time favorite Sermons."

One of mine goes back a long time in my childhood, when Father Ted Nelson, Resurrection Episcopal Church, Garland, Texas and Christ Church Anglican, Plano, Texas said, roughly, God is Abba. God is Our Father, God loves us, so completely, He hears all of our words, all our heart. We are invited, and we do, ask God anything. And what happens to all of our prayers? This had struck Ted that week. He'd come home from Church and his son was catching a baseball over and over from the sofa. Ted realized that day, usually his son had a question as he greeted Ted, his own dad.  And Ted realized he was used to seeing his son and he would answer as he got a glass of milk or got them something from the kitchen. Because it was casual.  That day as his son was catching the baseball, it was something his own beloved son wanted pretty badly. And Ted was caught by his son's asking calls.

Ted said we wonder what happens to all of our prayers. Our Father is listening and answering as if He Is Father and Understands more of the questions we have, than we do. Next time we have an answered prayer, remember to rejoice more !!!  

Because we have been listened to by Our Father. He does uphold the Universe and He has invited us to ask and listen for the answer. Decades later, Garth Brooks would sing about this. "Thank God for Unanswered Prayer!"

My Second and Favorite Prayer is by Fr. Stephen Bierschenk, Catholic Priest in Dallas. He gave a Sermon saying if we find we have drifted away in thought during prayer, song, worship or homily, do not castigate yourself dreadfully. Our kind and loving Father will simply hold out His Arms to us, hold us to His Heart, and welcome us back. Just put your thoughts and concerns with Jesus, and rejoin the worship. God loves our conversations. This entire Homily was a delight and has been decades.  God is too Almighty to find our faults and tell us to fortify. John said He is God of Love. Paul found our Father to be God of encouragement.  All the Scripture is about a vulnerable child of God and His Help. He calls Himself Help, Helper and Comforter.

Christmas is an Excellent Time to Just Come Home! 

Abba, Father

Cover us this day in Your Name. The Highest of All Names and we are Blessed.

We will be still and know You are God the Almighty of All.

Cover us in Jesus Christ and we have a Hope and Future. 

We Believe and trust in You.

Cover those we Love and we Live in Love. 

We see glimpses of Heaven.

Cover us in Jesus and we lift our cares to You.

Cover us in Jesus and we are inspired to Live and Love more.

Cover us in Jesus and we tell the truth with mercy.

Cover us in Jesus and we brush off what would cling to us 

and find Joy in Pleasing You.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we want All to Love Jesus.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we Believe Father God will bring the world to salvation 

in Jesus Christ.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we know Tomorrow and Today are in Your Hands.

Cover us in Jesus

 and we find Joy knowing our prayers join the Saints covering the world 

in Prayers for more

of Your Heaven on earth.

Cover us in Jesus and we Believe the Nation Trusting in You 

will be Blessed.

Always pray daily:

Dwell in us, please, Father.

Dwell in those we Love.

Salvation is in Jesus Christ, we ask.

Help us to Seek You First

And we will finish well in Jesus Christ.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we Believe the days to come for ourselves 

and our children and unborn children will live

in Goodness and Steadfast Love 

in the New Covenant of Jesus.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we Believe You are the God of the Impossible.

We ask the Oceans to give moisture to the skies

and rain to pour over the thirsty and parched 

places of Your Good Creation,

Cover us in Your Word, Jesus Christ, 

God's Word made Manifest.

We thank You to answer our prayers. 

The miracles we know.
We ask to Live in Love, Joy and Peace seeking and 

finding Your Kingdom in Heaven 

and on earth in Jesus Christ.

Asking prayers for my dog, no ear infection.

Pray for me in day 6 of Covid.

Doing ok, no fever, pretty tired.

Grateful for the 3 Vaccinations, lessening the effects!

Taking Aspirin!

Blessed be Father God for bringing us Jesus. 

Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

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