December 2: The Mountain of the Lord

The Mountain of the Lord will stand higher than all other mountains

December 1

Give Praise to the Lord!
Taste and See that He is Good!
God, you are compassionate and slow to anger
You turn idol worshippers into high priests
And You set the captives Free!
You make all things new.

You fill my stomach with food and I will give thanks
You give my spirit strength to overcome the weakness of my flesh

You hear my cries from above
You hear my petitions to you
Lord, you are so good that you answer me
You redeem those who are wicked and have turned aside to see you
Help me to turn aside and know you

Praise to you God!
Forever and ever, Amen

December: A Month of Psalms

For this month, I want to try something that a buddy and I came up with many years back. We decided to started righting our own Psalms. They could be about anything, as long as they were honest prayers offered to God. I never really did it, but I see the importance of doing it. I am gonna give it a try for the next 31 days of December. 

Why? Suffering will come...

Had this thought to title this first post, "why?" Not sure why I decided to do that, but I will just start recording my thoughts and see where this thing goes.

I continue to think about death as more and more people keep dying. I know I should not worry about it as much as I do, but when I lie in bed at night or take a long bike ride it just stays with me. I have this unhealthy fear of eternity. It is inevitable and  I know that since I have made my decision to follow Christ and believe that he died on the cross for my sins then I will spend eternity in heaven. Life is hard on earth, but I enjoy it. Maybe I am not supposed to be enjoying is much as I am right now. Life is easy when you have a job and make plenty of money. I am not a millionaire by any means, but I am blessed. There are many people in the rest of the world that probably don't consider themselves to be blessed. There are people who probably can't wait for eternity because it would be a much better place than earth. I wonder why I have the privilege of falling into the category of the haves, while other people would be in the have nots.

Romans 8:35
"Who shall seperate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?"

I have been told that God's love is a furious love. It is like we are a tree and his love is like a hurricane pushing up against us. Have I experienced this love? Nothing can separate us from this love, right? Why do I feel like I then have the power to separate myself from it. Is this what the people who have nothing hold onto. Hardship, famine, nakedness, even death cannot come between us and the Father's love for us.

Horrible things  happen on the earth, but nothing can ever separate us from our relationship with God. "Either Jesus Christ is a deceiver, having deceived even Paul, or else some extraordinary things happens to someone who holds on to the love of God when the odds are totally against him." Oswald Chambers

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