You need it Too.

 You need it too

This past Sunday morning I got off work and went to a restaurant within walking distance of my house and I complimented this young woman who worked there because I think she’s very beautiful.  Her face lit up so much she was nearly glowing.  We as humans need compliments.  More importantly we need reminders of God’s love and his promises.  I pretty much emotionally live in the book of Psalms because I can relate to the ups and downs King David, Asaph and the other psalmist’s go through.  One day you’re doing good and others maybe not so much.  We need to remember who God is and where he is.  As I look at the night sky at work and the rising sun in the morning I often pray this prayer.  “Lord you hold all this together I believe you can heal my heart.”  It gets my focus off of me and back on Him where it needs to be.  I have a list of music on Spotify that I listen to when I walk at work and one of those songs on there is Exalt the Name by Sandi Patty and you need to hear these lyrics like I did.  

“He rules the universe 

Yet hears the humble cry

The power of His word 

Can split the earth and sky

Yet mend the lives that sin has torn apart 

The love of the Lord never ends

Sing his praise once again.”

It just went so well with some of the verses I have been reading lately out of the Psalms so give me a moment to show you some of them because you need them too.  This first one hit home because I work overnight.  

Psalm 143:8

“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you.  Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.”

Psalm 145:8

“The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.  The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.  

Same chapter different verses

14

“The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.”  

18-19

“The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on him in truth.  He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.”  

Psalm 147:3

“He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds.”  

My passion to encourage people still remains.  I may not always have the right words every week but I will still try.  

10,000 Reasons by Sandi Patty 

Exalt the name by Sandi Patty