Psalm 65
1Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Each of us will one day come to give an account before God. Either we inherit wrath, or we receive grace.
3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
It is indeed such a blessed thing to know Christ, for only then can we experience true satisfaction. What a generous gift!! This is true love; being an heiress of God is such a divine blessing! Has that transformed every inch of our lives, as it should?
5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
How ungrateful, demeaning, and undeserving I am to question God's providence in my own life, when he has provided and enriched his people from the beginning of time. We are actually the richest of all people-- so blessed that we can never NOT take anything for granted.
10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
^ how cute!!
13The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Ahh.. what a beautiful psalm. i think God really did this so divinely.. ive been thinking and questioning more about my future, forgetting that it is GOD's future, and that i'm such a blind little bloodbug. i was thinking, concerning weeder classes, what if i'm a weed?! but i know God never intended for me to feel like a weed-- maybe something just a bit higher up, like a sunflower. but he loves us more than the lilies, so i guess probably an animal instead of a plant.. a human?!?! but "human" has such a negative connotation--it's riddled with all the struggles, the pain, the complications that we undergo because of our own folly. no, i would rather be a lily or a sunflower. but then again, God's will is God's will, and i am not a sunflower, but a human, and i have been granted the gift of consciousness and reasoning, and my only hope for my life is that my thoughts and my heart will be set on Christ, the one true solid foundation.
and it is pleasing to him.
(ashley: i feel that way about missions too, sometimes, that my faith isnt strong enough to withstand a normal American life or the pursuit of the American dream, that it seems so easy and romantic just to be able to live a simple life in the chinese farmlands, eating rice every day and ministering to the people--trusting God with everything. i wonder.. would God bless us for it? in a way it may be a way we can give up everything we have for Christ--truly making it cost us everything, but if it's not God's will, then we surely would not survive..
irene: consider this a divine revelation-- my xanga
sarah and joyce: hehehe)
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