Tell your Mind
Welcome to Coffee Hour @ Chicklit Power and Wednesday’s Word
@ Trench Classes United. I just love our Wednesdays together, especially in our
Summer of Psalms! Grab your coffee, your journal, a pen, and don’t forget your
Bible and your strand of faith! We are going to tie some knots in our faith
today!
Instead of going to Psalm 12, for July 12, let’s jump up 100
Psalms and go to Psalm 112! If you have your Bible, turn with me to Psalm112, a Psalm that deals with guarding our minds…and our faith. So I’m using the
New King James version, but you use whatever you understand and whatever
version speaks to you!
I love the first verse; right out of the gate, “Praise the
Lord!” There is much to be thankful for, right!?! Oh, to practice an attitude
of gratitude, even in the midst of trouble, there’s always something to be
thankful for. This principle never fails, ever! Let’s continue:
“Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who delights greatly in His commandments.” Let’s break that down and rewrite it.
“Blessed” is another word for happy! I find that so
incredibly comforting that God does desire that we be happy…but as the Psalm
reveals, worldly happiness and Godly happiness are two completely different
things. Each of us have a God-sized hole
in our hearts, and no amount of money, sex, drugs, worldly love can fill it;
only the love of Christ fits!
And then there’s that word “fear” in there, and Coffee Hour
friend, please believe me when I say Abba Daddy does not want you to fear, as
in be afraid, of Him; no, rather, He desires that you would fear being even a
day without Him. Fear of being without Him will lead us to a fearless life!
With that in mind, let’s do the rewrite:
Happy is _____ (put your name in there) for she fears being
without God, she is learning to delight greatly in commandments, His purpose
and will for her life.
2”His descendants will be mighty on earth; the
generation of the upright will be blessed. 3Wealth and riches will
be in his house and his righteousness endures forever.”
Rewrite: Her children will be strong in life – oh, I don’t
know about you, but I need to hear that and hit repeat, repeat, repeat because
what other legacy matters, right? Okay, continuing on: Her generation will be
blessed (happy); physical, emotional and spiritual well being make her rich,
and because of her heart for God, He will count her as righteous for always.
4Unto the upright there arises light in the
darkness; He is gracious, and full of compassion and righteousness. 5A
good man deals graciously and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Rewrite: Even in the darkest of times, He will be her light
for He is her God of grace and full of compassion and will sustain her in all
her needs. Because He is a giver of good things, she can be wisely generous for
generosity can cure the fear of losing money!
6Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous
will be in everlasting remembrance. He will not be afraid of evil tidings; 8his
heart is steadfast, trusting in the lord. 8His heart is established.
He will not be afraid.
There’s a lot of meat in these three verses so I’ll try
really hard to sum it up by quoting another verse in the Psalms, 56:11 “In God I have put my trust” – for all things – “I
will not be afraid” – for anything – “What can man do to me?”
Rewrite: Faith keeps her from being shaken in the throes of
life, leaving a legacy to remember always, from generation to generation. Even
those who are evil towards her will not scare her because her heart is entwined
(steadfast and established) with the Father, the Judge in Whom she trusts.
Coffee hour friend, I pray that your heart is more
encouraged than when we began, that you would fear less and faithe (rymes with
bathe) more, and stay plugged into your Source!
Finish your rewrite and remember, don’t try to be so
grammatically perfect; have some fun with it and put yourself in these verses;
after all, He already did!
Loving the Psalms,
Evinda
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