You know one

Our Daily Bread
I have always been amazed by my ability to whine and complain.  I am serious.  I complain about the way my life has gone sometimes while I am stting in the comfort of my beautiful home, with lots of friends, a great job and a loving church community.  I get to sing as much as I want and live in a country where I can study the Bible and live my faith without persecution.  How much better could life be?

We all know one.  We all know at least one person who humbles us.  A person who makes us feel truly thankful for all we have because this person has persevered more than we can even comprehend.  The example in the devotional was David Schumm.  Who is your example?  What can we learn from these special folks?  In my opinion, we can learn that we can serve God with all of our abilities no matter how many or how few we think we have.  We can choose to server the Lord with gladness instead of feeling sorry for ourselves or whining about the few things we don't have or think we need.

God knows better than we do about our needs.  He knows the right time to meet those needs and the best way to do that.  I keep listening to this song over and over again.  It is called Better Than I, sung by David Campbell.  What do you need to give over to Lord today?  I am saying my prayers, believe me....

Lord, thank you for planting special people in our lives.  Please help us always remember you truly know better that we do and help us trust you more.

Psalm Sunday
This is a cool "why don't we realize who you are, God?" psalm.  Read it and see what you think.


Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place
    throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.
5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.
10 Our days may come to seventy years,
    or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
12 Teach us to number our days,
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Relent, Lord! How long will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
    that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,
    your splendor to their children.
17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.


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Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. - 2 Thessalonians 3:16