Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in Your word.

I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant.

Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight.

Let the proud be ashamed, For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; But I will meditate on Your precepts.

Let those who fear You turn to me, Those who know Your testimonies.

Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, That I may not be ashamed.

The third verse, in bold, is a collorary to yesterday's Voices. Is that where my mother got the statement that I was being punished for my own good? Probably, but I did not appreciate the truth embodied therein.

That truth is that the 'all' of the LORD, God, the Almighty is truly ALL. A no corners cut, nothing held back 'all'. An arms wrapped around me 'all', even when the pain is so discouraging. It is the 'ALL' that encouraged J I Packer to write his treasured Finishing the Course With Joy.

It is an 'All' that is available to all who name the LORD, God, the Amighty as their LORD, God, the Almighty.

Readings:

Morning Psalm 114, Noon Psalm 119:17-24, Evening Psalm 65