Skip to main content

1216-1227, Psalm 114

By
1216. Blake laughing till he cries
1217. Cole - "daddy does bean bags"
1218. Grandma, the smiles she brings, and...the help that she is to this tired momma
1219. A new toilet seat
1220. Knowing you made a right decision though it was a hard one
1221. Laughing with friends
1222. My friend Jess - a wonderful hostess
1223. Compliments
1224. Long drives with good friends
1225. The funny things other people's kids say like "its a match" (long story).
1226. "We ask God for patience...and we want it now" - a fellow "momy".
1227. The fact that God is at work in me - be it ever so slowly

Quick thoughts on Psalm 114 -
Lord, may we see you as you really are...POWERFUL, SOVEREIGN, WORTHY OF PRAISE.  May we not take You or Your name lightly, but learn to LEAP and even TREMBLE in Your presence.  May we BELIEVE Lord that you turned a rock into springs of water, and KNOW that you are the same God yesterday, today and forever.  You still move mountains.  May we allow you to MOVE us.

Psalm 114
 1 When Israel came out of Egypt,
 Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
 2 Judah became God’s sanctuary,
 Israel his dominion.
 3 The sea looked and fled,  the Jordan turned back;
 4 the mountains leaped like rams,
 the hills like lambs.
 5 Why was it, sea, that you fled?
Why, Jordan, did you turn back?
 6 Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
 you hills, like lambs?
 7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,
 at the presence of the God of Jacob,
 8 who turned the rock into a pool,
 the hard rock into springs of water.
Labels:

Comments

  1. MeredithDecember 30, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    Love this...
    I love the way you did the "quick thoughts" on Psalm 114. It was awesome.

    <3

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The second half of the serenity prayer

By
I think I've heard the serenity prayer a million and one times, but I just recently found out that it is never quoted in full.  The second half is wonderfully encouraging! "God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world As it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right If I surrender to His Will; So that I may be reasonably happy in this life And supremely happy with Him Forever and ever in the next"
Post a Comment
Read more

I'm just not feeling it

By
I have noticed something interesting about myself when it comes to opening the doors of our home. I am the first to admit that fifteen minutes before our guests arrived the place was a mess. I was barking orders to my kids, scrubbing our toilet, stuffing things in drawers and searching for underwear (yup, probably dirty) that pop up in the most random places. I don't mind admitting that I don't have it all together, but I have a hard time letting anyone see it. I am the same way when it comes to my emotions. If I'm really struggling I tend to pull away. Just last night I found myself tempted to postpone a scheduled visit with a few close friends because I had no desire to admit to them that I felt like I was coming apart at the seams. Praise God, I dragged myself there and they gently began the process of gluing me back together by simply listening & loving me - despite me. And then there's "grace in the midst". I love passing along thoughts, ideas an
5 comments
Read more

Star Wars, Frozen & Scissors

By
      I make a grunting noise as I toss another lego into "toy jail". I step away and trip over one of the kids light sabers.  Glancing over at the breakfast crumbs (we could seriously feed a family of refugees , not that I struggle with the idea of how much we waste or anything), I feel my eyes well up and think "I could use some of 'the force' about now. Trying to determine if I should pull the kids from their happy game of Zingo or tackle the breakfast fiasco on my own, I decide on the latter. What was my dear friend's quote, I ponder. Oh yeah, "a little and often". She was referring to home maintenance (along with other things). Gently, she was reminding me to stay on top of things rather than let them build into tougher jobs. "This isn't a little and often", I sarcastically mumble "this is 'a lot and always'." Seriously, if I'd simply pray every time I pick something off the floor, I might actually get a gras
2 comments
Read more