For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed. You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

I have but two choices: to squander my time away or to pass it laboring in Your vineyard. Teach me through Your Holy Spirit to number my days in a way that develops wisdom and advances the Kingdom. It is only through Your Spirit that my wish to serve becomes productive in Your eyes.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 101

Mid-day: 119:169-176

Evening: Psalm 27

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