I'd been feeling kinda empty, then started looking through this famous psalm and really thinking through each line... this is basically want went through my head as I was reading it.
"Praise the Lord O my soul, all my inmost being, praise his holy name." - yeah that would be good... get a move on soul!
"forget not all his benefits, who forgives your sins" - That's right... I have been forgiven! What does that song say "ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven" and it's by grace not by works... I've done nothing to deserve forgiveness, I believe and He does all the work, and it's more than just forgiveness, I have a fresh start every time, I'm being made new each day, like Him over time and He sacrificed so much to make this possible! Woow!
"who heals all your diseases" I've never been seriously physically ill but I've definitely been healed of some past emotional hurts in recent years.
"who redeems your life from the pit" hmmm... I don't think my life has never been "the pit" but I have definitely come close to rock bottom at times this year and He rescued me. Like when I was feeling lonely and frustrated through feeling kinda purposeless and lacking "meaningful" friendships in France, He brought the meaningful conversations and friendships when I needed them the most, He spoke when I needed to hear Him :)
"who crowns you with love and compassion" - yeeeaah... I'm starting to see the evidence of that now :)
"who satisfies your desires with good things" - when I felt purposeless and desired purpose, He gave me opportunities, He gave me people to love and He made me useful!
"so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's" - just thinking about all this stuff, remembering His goodness to me and that I am loved by a God who crowns me with such love and compassion is so refreshing and redonnes mine energy and refills me with spirit... ran out of words around here... and that was just the first four verses!
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2 comments:
Seems nobody's into commenting in the blogworld these days so I'm going to give it a try. Cool post btw. It's always really cool to be able to take a step back and look at things with a bit more persective like that. It's also kind of interesting to see someone elses commentary on things like that. Keep it up!
hey, you don't know me, but just was looking for some Christian inspiration and saw your post - thanks, it has helped me as I was feeling a bit weighed down by a few things, and remembering the many times i have been in the pit! thanks for your post, it is so good to get our eyes back on the One Who redeems us, rather than the troubles we face in this world. Praise His Holy Name.
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