If your faith is feeling flat-footed and wide-eyed today, I believe this passage of Scripture from the Old Testament Psalms will help. Read and claim the portion you need most. That's what I will do also:
Open for me the gates where the righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the
Lord. These gates lead to the presence of the Lord, and the godly enter there. I
thank you for answering my prayer and giving me victory! The stone that the
builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord ’s doing, and
it is wonderful to see. This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and
be glad in it. Please, Lord, please save us. Please, Lord, please give us
success. Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the
house of the Lord. The Lord is God, shining upon us. Take the sacrifice and bind
it with cords on the altar. You are my God, and I will praise you! You are my
God, and I will exalt you! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful
love endures forever. -- Psalms 118:19-29 NLT
Holiness unto The LORD! "The Lord is God, Shining Upon Us!"
Grateful
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Monday, July 9, 2012
"Monday Mornings" -- Transparency :-D
Mondays mornings are what they are. (Get ready for a little transparency from this blog author today.) For me, Monday mornings seem to be the hardest mornings for spiritual and emotional lift-off. Especially cloud-filled Monday mornings. If you know what I mean?
Karen and Richard Carpenter sang a song in the seventies titled "Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down." While I have nothing against "Rainy Days", the song may contribute somewhat to how I feel about Mondays. However, I sure do admire the transparency of the songwriters, and I have often wondered if that song was written on a cloudy Monday morning?
Maybe Monday mornings are a little tougher for me to navigate, because Sundays tend to be among my favorite days of the week -- often the most favorite day of the week. (I tend to like Tuesdays and Fridays, too.) I mean, worshipping God on Sunday mornings within the fellowship of other God-believers is such a wonderful expression to the Lord I love and such a marvelous exercise for my heart, mind, soul, and strength.
Yes, that probably contributes to Monday mornings moving a little slower for me. After all, in contrast, my Sundays tend to be more overflowing with obvious inspiration than my Mondays, because I get to draw from the strength of Christ's local body being together. The family of God? What a gift!
Anyway, today I thought I would just be transparent. Not meaning to discourage anyone, just saying, "Monday mornings are what they are." So for me, Monday mornings may require a little more faith and a little more prayer and a little more trusting than the others days of the week. And that's all good, because I know that this verse is true on Mondays as well as all the other days of the week as well:
"This is the day the Lord has made.
Let’s rejoice and be glad today!"
-- Psalm 118:24 (GWT)
O, For Grace To Trust Him More! Remember... "Sunday's coming!"
Grateful (2 YouTube Songs below)
Click here: Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays - YouTube
Click here: This is the Day That the Lord Has Made - YouTube
Karen and Richard Carpenter sang a song in the seventies titled "Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down." While I have nothing against "Rainy Days", the song may contribute somewhat to how I feel about Mondays. However, I sure do admire the transparency of the songwriters, and I have often wondered if that song was written on a cloudy Monday morning?
Maybe Monday mornings are a little tougher for me to navigate, because Sundays tend to be among my favorite days of the week -- often the most favorite day of the week. (I tend to like Tuesdays and Fridays, too.) I mean, worshipping God on Sunday mornings within the fellowship of other God-believers is such a wonderful expression to the Lord I love and such a marvelous exercise for my heart, mind, soul, and strength.
Yes, that probably contributes to Monday mornings moving a little slower for me. After all, in contrast, my Sundays tend to be more overflowing with obvious inspiration than my Mondays, because I get to draw from the strength of Christ's local body being together. The family of God? What a gift!
Anyway, today I thought I would just be transparent. Not meaning to discourage anyone, just saying, "Monday mornings are what they are." So for me, Monday mornings may require a little more faith and a little more prayer and a little more trusting than the others days of the week. And that's all good, because I know that this verse is true on Mondays as well as all the other days of the week as well:
"This is the day the Lord has made.
Let’s rejoice and be glad today!"
-- Psalm 118:24 (GWT)
O, For Grace To Trust Him More! Remember... "Sunday's coming!"
Grateful (2 YouTube Songs below)
Click here: Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays - YouTube
Click here: This is the Day That the Lord Has Made - YouTube
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