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STANDING—WITH GOD’S LEADING! It isn’t easy to take a stand for “justice for all” and do what it right in God’s view of t...
08/31/2026

STANDING—WITH GOD’S LEADING!

It isn’t easy to take a stand for “justice for all” and do what it right in God’s view of the world. In fact, as soon as we take one step forward at the leading of God, away from the crowd of complacency, to tell the truth—the opposition will rise up to crush you with glee. I have experienced this more than a few times as a leader who God gave a message with a calling to speak His Truth. Even though shaking in fear on the outside; God gave me strength from the inside out to speak as long as it was God leading.

I learned much, (but not all for I am still learning and growing), from these experiences of being called to stand to help others seek the justice and mercy God wants. I have also learned to not just jump in great enthusiasm without first seeking God for His wisdom and His words. As God promised, His Holy Spirit spoke in and through me.

Truth: God knows what is going on better than we do. He also knows our hearts and the hearts of those who oppose Him. To be a leader is to be a consistent seeker and a tenacious learner of God and His Ways. “I want to know Christ”, Paul speaks with enthusiasm, and “share in His sufferings!” Yeah, we don’t like that last part but it is all part of the growing intimately with God that we need as we surrender to God through Jesus, His Son who saved us.

What does this have to do with our passage in Psalms today? Hang on…

Paul is indeed a great example in knowing the difference between seeking justice with God or against Him. Before Paul knew Jesus, the Jewish from birth man called Saul, became unrighteously obsessed with a furious anger (not of God) who gathered an army to seek all new believers in Jesus with the sole purpose to harass, maim and kill all who were committed to speak His Truth. (Read Stephen’s story in Acts 7! Saul was there watching as Stephen was stoned for preaching Jesus!)

Later in chapter 9 in the book of Acts of the Apostles, God tells us that Jesus stopped Saul who had the written authority of the religious leaders with orders to provide “justice” by continuing his killing spree. Jesus blinded his eyes from the “justice of men” right in the middle of the road on his way to Damacus to see the justice and mercy of God! Jesus, in all His resurrected power and authority of God, called Saul from heaven to ask these chilling, profound words of him; “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” (Read that again. Maybe we should put our names in place of Saul and ask the same question.) Hold that thought.

We read that Saul was blinded physically for three days. “For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything. In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias.” Acts 9:9-10.
Jesus stopped Saul and was converting the blinded Saul to a new way life and gave Ananias the power to heal and to open Saul’s eyes to a new way of thinking of “seeking justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God”, as the prophet Micah had written centuries earlier. (Micah 6:8) This scripture could have been what Saul would have memorized as a young boy learning in the synagogue! What this teaches us is that we cannot trust our own judgement of justice—we must rely on God for only He has the authority to judge right from wrong for He is perfect in all His ways with perfect love and is Truth.

Beware: We sometimes will use scripture, personal opinionize and add to it until we get what we want from it until it is not what God intended as Truth.

“I stood up for justice and the right; don’t leave me to the mercy of my oppressors,” the Psalmist proclaims to God.
Now, back to Saul. Saul harassed and stoned all he could according to his own idea of “justice”. He did so with the authority and permission of the established religion of the Jews. Saul became a leader with power and position with permission! All in the name of tradition of the religious leadership who stood up for what they thought God wanted—What they missed was the promised Messiah came and went while they were intent to preserve The Law given to the Jews centuries earlier. Jesus came to fulfill The Law given by God; not the add-ons by the religious leaders. Jesus tried to point out the differences to the leaders but they were not believing it. They chose to believe in themselves because their system was good for their economy. Saul chose to take his form of justice with no mercy much farther…kill all who believed in Jesus and followed Him. In his mind, believers in Jesus no longer followed The Law because they were not doing what the priests, scribes and Pharisees said to do along with all the high priests’ addendums to God’s Law added as ways to bully God’s people.

What is the justice that we seek? Do we truly love mercy (unmerited favor) to those who need it? Does our humble walk with God demonstrate who God is with His justice and mercy that includes forgiveness without condemnation? Pause to prayerfully ponder—I am.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3;16-17

Psalm 119:121-128, The Message
ע Ayin
I stood up for justice and the right;
don’t leave me to the mercy of my oppressors.
Take the side of your servant, good God;
don’t let the godless take advantage of me.
I can’t keep my eyes open any longer, waiting for you
to keep your promise to set everything right.
Let your love dictate how you deal with me;
teach me from your textbook on life.
I’m your servant—help me understand what that means,
the inner meaning of your instructions.
It’s time to act, God;
they’ve made a shambles of your revelation!
Yea-Saying God, I love what you command,
I love it better than gold and gemstones;
Yea-Saying God, I honor everything you tell me,
I despise every deceitful detour.

WHAT DO WE LEARN—HOW DO WE RESPOND?

As believers, committed to seeking justice, loving mercy, with a desire to humbly walk with God; we respond by standing when God calls us with opened eyes and listening ears with eagerness to obey for His words are Truth spoken with His Spirit of His love. We can only speak up when His love is in our hearts as we speak His Word. Justice is not getting our own way of even the ways others—only God’s Way.
Do not speak His Word if His love is not in our hearts.

Lord,
Hallowed is Your Name. May Your Kingdom come and reside in us and be seen all around us. May Your Will be done in all the details of our lives here as it is in heaven. Give us this day all you know we will need to be all you created and called us to be—yours! Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptations; but deliver us from evil and our own thinking. Cleanse our hearts, remove all that is not of you. Renew our minds, transform our thinking. Refresh our souls with your mercies, fresh for today. And restore the joy of your salvation at work within all who believe and call on Your Name. Thank for your peace that the world cannot give.
In Jesus Name, Amen

AVOID ARROGANCE; GIVE ALL ALLEGIANCE TO GOD!Why do the arrogant make us feel uncomfortable and small? Why do people fil...
08/29/2026

AVOID ARROGANCE; GIVE ALL ALLEGIANCE TO GOD!

Why do the arrogant make us feel uncomfortable and small? Why do people filled with hate and find it easy to hurt others with their words with an uncanny ability to rationalize a reason to justify their hateful actions? Why do we feel small when we are arrogant to others? (Ouch)

As we read the gospels and watch Jesus relate to those who need healing, a new life with direction and purpose, with encouragement to “go and sin no more” with the forgiveness of sins that only He could provide; we ask ourselves, are we more like Jesus, filled with compassion for others with the willingness to forgive no matter what they have done to us—or are we siding with evil and adopting evil’s characteristics?

We either believe God and follow Him or we are not. Jesus teaches there are only two choices and we are given the freedom to choose. Do we choose God who wants the best for us, died for our sins, and loves us without condemnation or conditions but seeks to lead us to all that is good and right in His eyes for us? OR do we choose the Enemy who arrogantly speaks against God and says we can be God and have all things of this life our way. Of course, evil leads to all the character traits that are not of God and will lead us cunningly to misery, bo***ge, and eventually a forever death.

“Choose this day whom you will serve” are the decisive, pleading words of Joshua, the appointed and anointed leader after Moses. Today we must ask ourselves; Who are we giving our allegiance to this day?

It’s not just about us! Who we choose affects everyone we know! Seek God first who loves us but who also loves all others of his creation and expects us to respect others who need Him, too. Micah the prophet of God says that we are to seek justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. But know that it is God who is Justice, Mercy, and Grace because of His great Love for us. God defined love because He is Love.

Let’s go a bit deeper in this thought of others—
As I used to tell my first graders who individually fought often for the attention of the room and for me, “Stop, look around you, you are not the only one who needs to learn and grow in knowledge!” “Be respectful of others by helping each other!” Jesus came to earth to “show and tell” the world some of these same elementary ways of behaving. “Love God. Love each other as I have loved you”, Jesus told his disciples. These simple words came from God’s heart with a profound love for each one of them—even Judas who betrayed Him!

God is love and expects us to develop His love who lives in us for others. “His Law is Love and His gospel (Good News) is peace!” This truth is sung every year on demand by unbelievers and believers alike, why? (I know because I used to lead the choir!) I think it is because “O Holy Night” brings our attention back to Jesus who demonstrated the love of God who never gives up on us. The common world of people do not possess this kind of love but they long and seek after the One who is Love. To know God is to know Love. Without God, we do not know Love. (1 John 4:7-8)
Unbelievers are drawn to God’s Love! It is not God’s desire that anyone perish! (2 Peter 3:9) “For God loved the world…” (John 3:16-17)

Know God. Know His Word. Ask God for wisdom and He will give us all we need. All we need is to know enough to avoid all that is not of God and with the power of His Holy Spirit we have help in doubts so we can trust and obey! Need power and wisdom; ask Him! He gives exactly what we need! (James 1)
God’s Holy Spirit guides us to all that is truth as we live to please Him in all we think, say, and do. Where God guides; He provides all the power we need—resurrection power!

The Psalmist’s testimony is a reminder of the Goodness of God who is our “quiet retreat” from the sins of the world with surrender to growing in our intimate relationship with God who is Light of the World. “This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there’s not a trace of darkness in him.” (1 John 1:5, MSG)

Psalm 119:113-120, The Message
ס Samekh
I hate the two-faced,
but I love your clear-cut revelation.
You’re my place of quiet retreat;
I wait for your Word to renew me.
Get out of my life, evildoers,
so I can keep my God’s commands.
Take my side as you promised; I’ll live then for sure.
Don’t disappoint all my grand hopes.
Stick with me and I’ll be all right;
I’ll give total allegiance to your definitions of life.
Expose all who drift away from your sayings;
their casual idolatry is lethal.
You reject earth’s wicked as so much rubbish;
therefore I lovingly embrace everything you say.
I shiver in awe before you;
your decisions leave me speechless with reverence.

WHAT DO WE LEARN—HOW WILL WE RESPOND?

TRUTH BOMB:
God’s Light makes the Darkness flee! Don’t just sing about it; believe it! Our Enemy has known God from the beginning, tried to be God, and was cast out of heaven. Now the Enemy comes close enough to us to distract and deceive while deconstructing our faith and relations with God…from a distance. The closer we become with and to God; the harder He fights until God steps in to fight for us as we pray in Jesus Name. The Truth is, according to God’s Word, is that Almighty God steps in while we pray. The Enemy hates believers on their knees crying out in the Name of Jesus so he picks up his toys and tools of evil and flees the premises until the next opportunity he thinks he will have as we stray from God’s Presence and distance ourselves from him. Only then are we easy prey for evil.
“So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7, NLT
“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8
“You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror.” James 2:19

The Psalmist knew the Truth, believers know this, but do we live it? Do we really believe what God has done and what He says to be really real? Our lives will demonstrate what we truly believe. We are not perfect in all our ways. But God, in his always faithful, compassionate mercy reaches down to rescue and forgive us when we call on Him in Jesus Name. There is nothing that will separate us from His Love. He is ready to forgive and restore us.
Choose God. Seek God. Do what He says. Avoid arrogance and complacency. Be in awe of God who wants His very best for us and sent Jesus!

Choose wisely, you won’t regret it, not even for a minute! I chose God because He first chose to love me without conditions. I have not “arrived” at perfection nor do I have full knowledge of God or His Word; but what I do know I will tell others every single day of my life as long as I have breath. I will tell of His great love, His ways, delivered with compassion, the One and Only God who from the beginning decided to send a part of Himself, Jesus, His One and Only Son, to save us and set us free—to love like He loves us.
What a gift His love is for us!

Lord,
Thank you for leading us to know you more as we meditate on your Word to us. Thank you for saving my soul and making me whole. Daily I surrender to you as you cleanse my heart of all that is not of you, as you renew my mind with your higher thoughts, and I watch as you refresh my souls with your new mercies, while you restore the joy and peace of your salvation continually at work within me. To you be the glory!
In Jesus Name, Amen

THE WORD OF GOD IS GODWhat is it that draws people, even those sitting in cheap motel room pondering hurting themselves,...
08/28/2026

THE WORD OF GOD IS GOD

What is it that draws people, even those sitting in cheap motel room pondering hurting themselves, reach for the Gideon Bible in the drawer? What draws believers to reading the Bible before beginning their day? And when we read it, how is it possible to see and understand the words differently than the day before? What is it about the Bible—God’s Words to all who believe and read them—that causes us to be still for just a moment and listen? I have learned that reading what He says with a heart that seeks God with a desire to please him transforms me to be more like Him for it is God who IS the Word.

Our hunger and thirst for God is real but at times we don’t know what to name it for we look in all the wrong places to feed our souls. We learn sooner or later that coming to His Word with a heart, mind, and soul yielded and surrender to what He has to say to us becomes this holy moment of visualizing Him sitting right beside us. His Word is our daily manna given from heaven to earth as a gift for abundant living. We don’t have to guess who God is or what He desires as His best for us and wants to do in us and through us—His Word speaks and His Holy Spirit leads us to the Truth we need for each day of our lives.

Read with open eyes and hearts to listen to God through Is Word—He longs to speak with us along the road of life as we humbly walk with Him. By the light of His Word we truly see where we are going with Him like the Psalmist testifies! His great Love never fails to save us and set us free from sin and everything else that shackles us earthbound or blocks our view of Him.

God is for us; not against us—what a powerful truth He tells us in His Word that most of us know but need to hear daily. It is the daily discipline of feeding on His Word that our need for Him becomes evident. We are less likely to turn to the left or right, distracted and deceived by the Enemy when our eyes are focus on Him and what He says. God is the Word who came from heaven, in person, to teach us what the Word means. Seek God first and all the things He knows you need will be given to you. You will find God in His Word for God is The Word.

God in His Word is our “daily manna in the desert of decision making” that feeds our hearts, minds, and souls. God is looking for hearts fully committed to Him. He is ready to pour out His blessings, unmeasured blessings, of Truth that we so desperately need as we seek to walking humbly with Him. As we feed on His manna of His word to us, our daily decision making skills become wiser and a lot less foolish.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:1-5
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
“No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.” John 1:18

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17

Psalm 119:105-112, The Message
נ Nun
By your words I can see where I’m going;
they throw a beam of light on my dark path.
I’ve committed myself and I’ll never turn back
from living by your righteous order.
Everything’s falling apart on me, God;
put me together again with your Word.
Adorn me with your finest sayings, God;
teach me your holy rules.
My life is as close as my own hands,
but I don’t forget what you have revealed.
The wicked do their best to throw me off track,
but I don’t swerve an inch from your course.
I inherited your book on living; it’s mine forever—
what a gift! And how happy it makes me!
I concentrate on doing exactly what you say—
I always have and always will.

WHAT DO WE LEARN—HOW DO WE RESPOND?
God is the Giver of Light. Jesus is the Light of the World. God gave His Son to die for our sins but was raised up on the third day to give us another gift—eternal life with Him. God, through Jesus, gave us the Holy Spirit power, power equal to rising from the dead to us to overcome evil in this world when we yield to this power that lives within us. God gave His Word from the beginning so that all would know God is God and we are not.

All praise goes to God and to His Son who saved us. We thank God for His Holy Spirit who guides us to Truth. We thank God for His Word of direction as we seek His purpose for us. Just like we don’t praise the food itself but the one who prepared it and set it before us; We praise God alone who provided His Word to feed us our daily manna of Truth.

Come to the Table, gaze with gratitude the feast of His Word laid out before us. Don’t dive in to gobble huge bites quickly that is not good for digesting Truth internally. Pause with each small bite to savor all the flavors of His Truth for God’s Word to us is a profound and delightful delicacy to be taken in with His peace with His Presence surrounding us. It is our God of the Word that sits with us to watch us enjoy all that He has provided for us—the way to know Him more. Ah, it is then we understand how His Words are sweeter than honey and more precious than all the gold and silver of the world!
To God be all the glory! All praise to Jesus for willingly coming to earth to save us and set us free as Father God demonstrated in the flesh who He is and with how much He loves us. All thanks to God for His Holy Spirit who lives within our being to guide us to Truth! His Holy Spirit is for us; not against us! God’s Spirit within us is our supreme Counselor, who is available at all hours of the day or night to comfort us when we are confused, to explain in small bites what we do not yet understand, to convict us lovingly with corrective ways to live so we will grow and mature in our relationship with God through Jesus! It is the Holy Spirit from God who reminds us that our identity if not defined by the world but by the One who created us in His own image and delights in knowing and helping us! We are His because He first loved us and chose us to His own as joint heirs of eternity with Jesus, His Son! Pause to let all this sink in. Take all the time you

Lord,
Thank you for being with us always. Thank you for Your Word that speak Truth to us as we walk and talk with you daily. Thank you for your unconditional, unchanging, relentless love for us that does not condemn our sin but redeems and corrects our walk on your path. Thank you for your wisdom when we ask for help in the walk. Thank you for your example, dear Jesus, of how to humbly walk with God by demonstrating your dependence of what He says before doing His will in a world that needs to know Him. Thank you for all the ways you speak to us in prayerful communication to you then through our Word and if that wasn’t all, you send people who know you as mentors to help us grow in our relationship with you. YOU, God, covered all the bases! You know us better than we know ourselves—for you created us. Thank you for not giving up me! I love you, Lord. As long as you give me breath on earth, I will speak your Name, tell your story of your relentless love, unending mercies, and saving grace. Daily I surrender and ask for your wisdom and direction as I write about You from Your Word so your Light can be sent to the masses through Daily Manna. You, God are amazing! May your Light shine through me always. Life is indeed all about You! I’m yours and I’m listening.
In Jesus Name, Amen

LEARNERS PLEASE GOD I have a confession. I love to learn. Even though I am retired from being paid to work for someone; ...
08/26/2026

LEARNERS PLEASE GOD

I have a confession. I love to learn. Even though I am retired from being paid to work for someone; I am still learning and seeking the best ways to do life here. Learning becomes joy with excitement to learn more if the teacher is a learner, too. I pray that my former students from public schools and from ministry education knew that I was a learner who enjoyed learning. It isn’t so much the gain of knowledge but the joy of gaining knowledge. We all know we learn differently at all stages and ages of life but all are God’s masterpieces of His heart for teaching and learning.

“You haven’t taught until your students have learned.” The college classroom went silent for a moment. This profound sentence said in the early years of my training to become a teacher stuck with me all my life. I still remember the professor saying it and the future teachers in the room thinking, “Wow, it’s all on me, then.” After much discussion, we learned it isn’t all on us and we should seek others to bring into our classrooms to reach those who needed more. We also asked our teacher; how will we know when they have learned?

Later, this became easier for me to understand as I began to watch my own students teach others what they knew with enthusiasm! It was apparent at that point I knew they had internalized the information given to them. This Joy became the secret to learning with excitement to know more! It is this joy of learning that caused their desire to pass on what they knew to those who didn’t quite yet understand the lesson. This became the joy of my heart as a teacher. It was more important to me to teach the joy of learning in the process of teaching and learning for life. Why? Because my heart’s desire was for them to be life-long learners who enjoy finding out something new each day!

Later, in ministry work, I became very aware that true learners of real joy walk humbly with God, learn from and rely on the Master Teacher, Jesus for redemption and His lessons of relationships with God and others, along with the guidance of the truth lessons taught by God’s Holy Spirit. These learners become leaders as they obtain a growing wisdom that is sorely needed today in leadership on all levels. I also learned that effective leaders joyfully without judgement or pride pass on what God has given to them. Yes, the “rubber meets the road” so to speak, when leaders are learners who pass on what God has so graciously given to them—so others will know God and do the same.
Great examples—
Apostle Paul, mentoring younger Timothy; “You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.” (2 Timothy 2:2)

Jesus, the Master Teacher from whom Paul learned; “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”—Jesus, Matthew 28:18-20

And now the Psalmist who has taught us the joy of learning all the lessons God has given to all who believe—for our good and His glory! God gives us wisdom so others will know Him, too.

Psalm 119:97-104, The Message
מ Mem
Oh, how I love all you’ve revealed;
I reverently ponder it all the day long.
Your commands give me an edge on my enemies;
they never become obsolete.
I’ve even become smarter than my teachers
since I’ve pondered and absorbed your counsel.
I’ve become wiser than the wise old sages
simply by doing what you tell me.
I watch my step, avoiding the ditches and ruts of evil
so I can spend all my time keeping your Word.
I never make detours from the route you laid out;
you gave me such good directions.
Your words are so choice, so tasty;
I prefer them to the best home cooking.
With your instruction, I understand life;
that’s why I hate false propaganda.

WHAT DO WE LEARN—HOW DO WE RESPOND?

The Psalmist is a Learner! He realizes he needs to know what God is saying in order to please Him. “I become wiser…simply by doing what You say!” We cannot become wiser if we do not seek God and then do what He says in His Word daily. This discipline of learning God’s Word is considered a joy and privilege to me for I am not equipped otherwise for living in our confused, dark world without God. If we do not read, study, meditate, and pray over God’s Words to us while asking for His wisdom; how will we know what to do? And what will we be passing on to others?

The Word also teaches us that reading requires being with God and doing what God says in His Word. The entirety of the Bible was inspired by God to those who wrote down what He said so we will know Him more! His lessons teach us wisdom (the skills for living daily) in a world desperately in need of His saving grace of redemption and the power of His Holy Spirit to teach learners who believe in Him—The Truth.

Got Truth? Drink and feast on His Word!

“Your words are so choice, so tasty; I prefer them to the best home cooking.
With your instruction, I understand life; that’s why I hate false propaganda.”

God loves a cheerful learner who enjoys seeking His heart.

Lord,
Thank you for your Word to us. Thank you for mentors who knew You and Your Word and passed on the joy of learning from you to us. Thank you for bringing back good memories of learning and growing. I have not arrived, I am still learning, so I ask for your wisdom to walk another day on earth with you until I see you face to face in glory. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
In Jesus Name, Amen

L IS FOR A LOVE THAT LASTS FOREVER!“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the gl...
08/25/2026

L IS FOR A LOVE THAT LASTS FOREVER!

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
What does this mean concerning His love that lasts?
• The Incarnation: God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ.
• The Word: The Gospel of John calls Jesus the "Word" who existed with God from the beginning of time.
• Dwelt Among Us: The original Greek word means to pitch a tent or live in a tabernacle, showing God making His home among people.
• God came to earth in human form to seek and to save the lost and to show the depths of His love! He was to be called Jesus, Son of Man/Son of God who would take away the all the sins of the believing world. While on earth, God demonstrated HIS LOVE. “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8

What kind of Love is this? Nothing the world had ever known!
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17
All God did was driven by His great, powerful, never changing, unconditional, ever lasting perfect love for all He created in His own image. What a gift to all who decide to receive the gift of Love that saved us and set us free to love Him back in awe of the Giver who gave us life for all eternity. What a gift that is to be taken in and preserved as a way of life! Yes, the greatest of all gifts from God is His Love for us—God’s love to have and to hold deep inside, internally, as a part of who we are! What do we do with this Love? God answers, “Love each other like I have loved you.”

Warren Wiersbe comments;
“We do not go to the Bible to escape the realities of life but to be strengthened to face life and serve God effectively. We may not be able to delight in what is going on in the world, but we can delight in what God says in His Word. The Word equips us to deal with the changes of life and the crises that come. The verb translated “sought” in verse 94 means “to consult, to inquire, to beat a path, to read repeatedly.” Here is a believer who beat a path to the Bible, read it over and over, studied it, and when he had to make a decision, consulted the Word carefully. Philosophies change, political expedients fail, promises and contracts are broken, but the Word of God still stands.”—Wiersbe Study Bible

Everything about God, created by God, was built to stand! His love for us is permanent for there is nothing that deletes His love from our being. We can refuse His love, believe that His love exists; but God is Love and His love is forever for His love never fails.

Psalm 119, The Message
ל Lamedh
What you say goes, God,
and stays, as permanent as the heavens.
Your truth never goes out of fashion;
it’s as relevant as the earth when the sun comes up.
Your Word and truth are dependable as ever;
that’s what you ordered—you set the earth going.
If your revelation hadn’t delighted me so,
I would have given up when the hard times came.
But I’ll never forget the advice you gave me;
you saved my life with those wise words.
Save me! I’m all yours.
I look high and low for your words of wisdom.
The wicked lie in ambush to destroy me,
but I’m only concerned with your plans for me.
I see the limits to everything human,
but the horizons can’t contain your commands!

WHAT DO WE LEARN—HOW DO WE RESPOND?

Love God. Love Others. All the commandments of God, HIS best for our good, were created because of His Love for us. His ways and His love are perfect! His love is what we strive to obtain and share with others who do not know Love who is God. (1 John 4:7-8)

AND... Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love!
“What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.
Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” –Apostle Paul to the church then and now, Romans 8:31-39

Lord God of the All,
Thank you for your love for me. Thank you for teaching me who Love is with how to love like you love me. I give you my life as an offering given in love. Use me as an instrument of your love to others today and always.
In Jesus Name, Amen

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