You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according to your word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word. You are good and do good; teach me your statutes. The insolent smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts; their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in your law. It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Before…but now! The event of belief, the beginning of trusting in, committing to, conforming to, submitting to. The beginning of the journey along the King's Highway. The process of sanctification, the beginning of seeking to be holy even as You are holy. Guided by the Holy Spirit as He instructs me in Your statutes, I am provided with a slate of activities to serve as a basis to carry the Good News to the lost, the least and the lonely.
Praise You, my Lord, my Master, my Brother.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 56
Mid-day: 119:97-104
Evening: Psalm 132
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