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O Lord, do not rebuke
me in your anger
Or discipline me in
your wrath.
Be merciful to me,
Lord, for I am faint;
O lord, heal me, for
my bones are in agony.
My soul is in
anguish.
How long, O Lord, how
long?
Turn, O Lord, and
deliver me;
Save me because of
your unfailing love.
Psalm 6: 1-4 (NIV)
David
pens this plea. He asks God not to deal with him in anger. The shepherd king
begs for mercy; he says he could not withstand it. He asks God to heal him
because he hurts so much that his bones are sore.
I love
the last part of this passage. He asks the Lord to deliver him from this pain
and guilt not because he is such a loyal follower and obedient person but
because of Gods unfailing love.
God’s
love is unfailing. He loves us even
when we are unlovely. He knows everything we did before we heard about Him and
chooses to save us in spite of those things.
A dear
friend shared something with me yesterday. Her eldest, son who has been through
a life-changing trauma, and she went to a pizza place they like on Sunday. They
happened to see two couples they knew from several years ago. These couples
were influential in this son’s life. What makes this such a special thing for
me is the way my friend talked about it. She said, “The Lord did a sweet thing
for us.”
Yes,
even those ‘chance meetings’ are engineered by God. He does even these out of
His unfailing love.
Hi Cecelia! I love the way we can see the movement of God in our days. He truly is with us, watching and caring along with our every step.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a great insight to say that David trusted in God, not because of who he was, but who God is. That's beautiful. Thank you for that thought today!
Blessings,
Ceil
Ceil:Thank you for your warm comments. When we reflect on our lives, we WILL see the presence of God in our lives, even when we don't think He was there. Blessings.
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