Praise the LORD, you his servants;
praise the name of the LORD.
2 Let the name of the LORD be praised,
both now and forevermore.
3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the LORD is to be praised.
praise the name of the LORD.
2 Let the name of the LORD be praised,
both now and forevermore.
3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the LORD is to be praised.
4 The LORD is exalted over all the nations,
his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD our God,
the One who sits enthroned on high,
6 who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?
his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD our God,
the One who sits enthroned on high,
6 who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8 he seats them with princes,
with the princes of his people.
9 He settles the childless woman in her home
as a happy mother of children.
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8 he seats them with princes,
with the princes of his people.
9 He settles the childless woman in her home
as a happy mother of children.
Praise the LORD.
Psalm 113
i don't believe that words could ever describe the awesome God that i love and try to {the Lord knows i could do better!} serve. less often than i should be, i am in awe of just how amazing He is. to think that the One who created everything would take the time to not just look, but to stoop, down to each person on this earth and take a personal interest in their lives is amazing. but what is even more amazing is to think that this same God knew each and every person who has ever walked this earth, be it for a hundred years or just a few days, with the deepest of intimacies before we were even formed! He knows every hurt, joy, injustice, and struggle we will ever face, and He WANTS to go through everything with us from the first to the last time we draw breath. he WANTS to be our greatest need and desire. He doesn't NEED us to love Him, but he WANTS us to; he wants us to find our security in Him. God doesn't NEED me, but He does WANT me. how amazing is that?
the other amazing thing that stands out to me in this passage is that He will raise the poor from the dust, the needy from the ash heap, and seat them with the princes. it's not just Haiti where innumerable people suffer from poverty and struggle to survive. it happens all over the world. In Heaven it won't be like that. there will be no 'respect of persons'. it won't matter that one person has their Masters or a university education, and another at the age of 70 never made it through the first grade or learned to write his or her own name. what will matter is that they made Jesus their Master, Saviour, and Everything. what will matter is that their name is written in the Lamb's book of Life.
today, as i sit on the rooftop writing and watching the sun dip below the mountain, i am reminded of who God is and who i am. He is the reason i exist. life is but a breath that can be taken away in an instant. in the grand scheme of things my life is but a sentence in God's big story. who and what am i going to make of my small contribution be about?
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