Sixty Days: Day Eight

Today's Reading:

• Exodus 3-10
• Psalm 29-32
• Isaiah 29-32
• Matthew 13-14
• 1 Corinthians 4-5

Reading Time:  60 minutes

There was a lot of lengthy narrative in today's reading, and it was all good.  The call of Moses and the plagues of Egypt.  More prophetic words for the wayward people of God.  Several of Jesus' parables about the kingdom, plus a couple of spectacular miracles.  And Paul administering church discipline upon an abhorrent situation.

But what spoke to me this morning was Psalm 30, a reminder of all that God has done for me.

David says: 

 

He rescued me. 

He refused to let me be defeated. 

He helped me. 

He restored me. 

He brought me up from the grave,

and He kept me from falling back in.

 

So I will praise Him.  I will sing to Him.  I will praise His holy name!

 

Oh the wonderful things He has done for me!  When I look back over a lifetime of serving Him, I know that I could not possibly recount everything He has ever done for me.  Suffice it to say, He has done a lot.  He saved me.  He forgave me.  He has healed me numerous times.  He filled me with His Spirit and called me into His ministry.  He equipped and empowered me.  He continues to anoint me.  He directs and guides, He protects and He provides. 

 

But what spoke to me the most was those two closing verses:

You have turned my mourning into dancing.

You have taken away my clothes of mourning

and clothed me with joy,

that I might sing praised to you and not be silent.

O Lord my God,

I will give you thanks forever.

 

 

I am happy today!  Though my past has given me many reasons to grieve, my present gives me many reasons to rejoice, and my future is bright beyond compare.  Heartache and heartbreak have been mine, but no longer.  Disappointment and pain have also been mine, and may be again, but God never fails to shine His light on darker days.  I have been weak, He has made me strong.  I have lost much in the service of the Lord, but He has been faithful to His word to restore, to repair, and to renew!  The years that the locust ate have been gifted back to me by an all-knowing, all-loving, all-powerful God.

 

So I rejoice today!  I sing and shout His praises today!  I glory in the gift of God's grace and mercy and never-ending love.  Thank you Lord, for your blessings on me.

 

I am blessed today!