O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed! For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. (For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!

To be a doorkeeper, or a janitor or a dishwasher in Your House, to be the lowliest servant in Your Kingdom, to be a street sweeper in Your Courts is far superior to a life of ease in the fool's gold gilded palaces of man. A total blessing to trust in You and Your promise to never leave me nor forsake me.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 60 Mid-day: 119:17-24 Evening: Psalm 136

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