August 15

Happy Thursday. Yesterday I didn’t feel very well and I was channel surfing for something to keep my mind off my stomach. I found a show on Netflix called “The Family” that was supposedly a documentary about the perils of Christianity in government. It just made me even sicker to think how far we have fallen that we as a country have come to fear “one nation under God” and count our constitutional construction as a conspiracy. How very sad. 


When we look at Psalm 123, we read a deep plea to God for mercy. While we don’t know what specific circumstance has inspired these words, all of us know what it means to look to God for mercy and depend upon His grace. We are called to live a life of submission, like a servant looking to his master. The world we live in wants nothing to do with submitting to God but rather is swollen with vain pride, scorning anyone who doesn’t follow in its path. It is always curious to me that Christians are portrayed as “narrow minded” yet when when we choose to disagree with the world we are maligned and ridiculed. I suppose we should not be surprised when we are the subject of contempt, because we as the body of Christ, are a living, breathing symbol of something that the world has blatantly rejected. Jesus Christ. 


“I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven. We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy, just as servants keep their eyes on their master, as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal. Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt. We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭123:1-4‬ ‭NLT‬‬


But while the world spitefully mocks God’s people on every side, our Savior gladly welcomes us with compassion and gentleness from His everlasting throne. This journey should be marked by a daily practice of lifting our eyes to the One crowned in the heavens for a fresh provision of grace and mercy. As you travel on this winding path of life today, and are tempted to look to the right and the left and be dismayed, remember instead to look up and be encouraged.


Thank you Lord for your mercy and for always being there when we look to you. When we have our full of contempt and the arrogant, we are blessed to know we can turn to you. You are our steady rock and our sure foundation. We ask you to always be there for our friends and family who are fighting disease today. Touch their bodies and their minds as only you can—heal them Lord, push back the darkness from them. We pray for your surrounding for us today, that you would care for us and protect and provide for us. We love you father and we worship you. Amen and amen. 


Love you dear one,

Pam

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