You Should Be Standing on the Rock, not Trying to Carry It - Psalm 19

If you've ever felt weighed down by the word of God, chances are you trying to carry a burden you need to put down. Psalm 19 breathes relief into any misconception of how God's Law affects us for it states:

The Law of the Lord = perfect & "soul-reviving"

Decrees of the Lord = sure & wise

Instructions from the Lord = right & "heart-rejoicing"

Commandment (Code of Law) of the Lord = clear & "eye-opening"

Fear of the Lord = pure & enduring

Ordinances of the Lord (Judgment) = true & right

There should be a spirit of lightness that accosts your senses and guides your steps, not a weight of impossibility that stops you in your tracks. In fact, Psalm 19:10 says these are, "More to be desired than gold, even much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb." What an encouragement for us that we aren't called to be mere "obeyers" but to dearly desire God's word and law as something that will give us a sweetness and fineness that enhances our life.

Psalm 19:12 reads, "Clear me from my hidden faults" ...a valuable prayer asking God to set us back to rights in those times when we are unaware of how we are getting in our own way. When you are tempted to pick up that heavy rock, try standing on it instead.

"God doesn't

want something from us,

He simply wants us."

~CS Lewis

Be a Light Bearer - Turn Darkness into Light!

Our future may seem uncertain, but God is faithful.

"By faith, Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going."

~Hebrews 11:8

"Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the one who is leading."

~Oswald Chambers

"You, Lord, are my lamp;

the Lord turns my darkness into light."

~Samuel 22:29

"Trust perfected is prayer perfected."

~EM Bounds

"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand - shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven."

~Matthew 5:14-16 (Message)

Psalm 10:1

"Why, O Lord, do you stand far off?
    Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?"

~Psalm 10:1

No matter how secure a person is in their relationship with God,

these feelings of abandonment easily crowd our minds

when circumstances overwhelm and darken our thoughts.

We hear it said, "You are the one who has moved, not God,"

and it is the act of continuing to focus on feelings

instead of trusting in him that moves us farther away.

When dark clouds block our vision of him,

trust moves us back into our Father's arms.

Really. It is.

This LIttle Light of Mine...

Life's demands can really start to make you feel like your light (read: talents, energy, inspiration, motivation) is lacking. Thank you, Lord, for Psalm 18, which reminds us that we have at our disposal a never-ending source of help!

"Help, O Lord" - the Angel's Sword

"Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if 

nothing had yet been done."


~C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer

Love Messages

"There is much in the scenery of a nocturnal sky, 

to lift the soul to contemplation."

~Thomas Chalmers

It's easy to feel small under the majesty of a starry sky:

"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established, what are human beings that you are mindful for them,mortals that you care for them?" (Psalm 8:3-5)

And yet, love us He does.