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PSALM 12:1,2,6,7 Help, Lord for the godly man ceaseth for the faithful fail They speak vanity every one with his neighbor with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak The words of the Lord are pure words as silver tried in the furnace of earth purified seven times Thou shalt keep them O Lord Thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever
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A MOMENT IN TIME That's all we have isn't it? A single moment in time, one moment after another, and another, until our lives accumulate enough of them that we begin to count the minutes, hours, days. Until they become our very lives. We say... I'll be with you in a moment, or Wait, just one moment, or even This is the moment we've been waiting for. The moments slip by and we take no time to say hi, or perhaps, goodbye. The moment arrives to make amends but we move on to other trivial things. Every moment is precious.Truly beyond comprehension. What shall we do with each of our remaining moments in time? How may moments do we have left? Indeed, our time is surely running out. Why don't we just pause for a moment, and ponder that? (Written on May 3, 2014) JUST REMEMBER When your days appear the darkest And your fortunes continue to fall When your valleys seem immeasurable And your mountains seem too tall Just remember, just remember God is there When your hopes have turned to ashes And your dreams have turned to dust When your granaries are empty And your silver's turned to rust Just remember, just remember God is there When your back is up against the wall And you've lost your will to strive When the night has hidden your sunlight And you've lost your zip and drive, Just remember, just remember God is there When your friends politely leave you And you don't know where to turn When your world has stopped its caring And has forsaken its concern Just remember God is there THE BEST BIRD IN THE FOREST "Use what talents you have," Wrote Henry Van Dyke. "The woods would be very silent, If no birds sang there." Maybe you aren't the best bird in the forest right now. Maybe your warble is a little weak. Maybe you are a little too long or too short in the beak. Maybe your fine feathered friends call you a freak. Maybe, just maybe, they don’t understand. The heights that you seek. Fly higher, sing better, go on, go on. Give it your best. Develop your talents. Lead all the rest. Don’t settle for worms. Or corn on the ground. But soar to the top. Where the eagles are found. A PACKAGE FROM HOME Have you ever received a package from from home? Maybe while you were away at college or in the service or just on a long extended business trip. Perhaps its wrapper possessed markings such as "fragile" or "handle with care." If we believe that we come from God, "who is our home," then the first package we received from Him was our very lives. What a delicate package life is. How fragile. Would we not be wise if we were to handle every life "with care"? Sooner or later, most of us receives a package marked "Good News for You." (Unfortunately, instead of unwrapping this particular package, we often let it lie around on our coffee table, unopened, or we toss it on the top shelf of our closet. Or in our rushing around, we simply consider it to be another piece of junk mail and throw it in the trash can with nary a backward glance. While we seldom return our good news package to the Original Sender, we often ignore its valuable contents, usually to our own peril. It's like receiving a cashier's check for one million dollars and never cashing it. This night as we read our mail, may we realize that every package we may receive... our family, our friends, the good news, or life itself...is being sent to us by a loving, benevolent Heavenly Father. And His packages are sent to each of us by special delivery. SPIRITUAL Rx #2 Here is some more spiritual tonic for the soul and body. We hope these verses serve you well. 1. Psalm 1:2... (My) delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law do I meditate day and night. 2. Psalm 18:2... The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my strength in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3. Psalm 29:2... Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 4. Psalm 30:2... O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 5. Psalm 40:2... He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 6. Psalm 51:2... Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 7. Psalm 57:2... I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. 8. Psalm 66:2... Sing forth the honor of his name:make his praise glorious. 9. Psalm 67:2... That thy way may be known upon the earth, thy saving health among all nations. 10. Psalm 95:2...Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. |
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