"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end."Ecclesiastes 3:11 Do you ever depict God as a painter? I love to imagine Him behind a canvas, delighting in every stroke of His brush as he paints life into existence. To me, He is like an unseen painter–His care and effort are constant, even if...  Read More

25 Whom have I in heaven but you?    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.26 My flesh and my heart may fail,    but God is the strength of my heart    and my portion forever.Psalm 73:25-26Fresh into the new year, I can’t think of a better time to fix our eyes and hearts on Jesus.Ask yourself, what good is our life without Him? Who do we have if we don’t have Him? Well, through the overflowin...  Read More

For your ways are in full view of the Lord,    and he examines all your paths.The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;    the cords of their sins hold them fast.For lack of discipline they will die,    led astray by their own great folly.Proverbs 5:21-23We are almost a week out of New Years and I wonder how your resolutions are going? Apparently, most people give up on their resolutions by the 1...  Read More

Relent, Lord! How long will it be?    Have compassion on your servants.Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,    that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,    for as many years as we have seen trouble.May your deeds be shown to your servants,    your splendor to their children.May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; ...  Read More

We are consumed by your anger    and terrified by your indignation.You have set our iniquities before you,    our secret sins in the light of your presence.All our days pass away under your wrath;    we finish our years with a moan.Our days may come to seventy years,    or eighty, if our strength endures;yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.If ...  Read More

Before the mountains were born    or you brought forth the whole world,    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.You turn people back to dust,    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”A thousand years in your sight    are like a day that has just gone by,    or like a watch in the night.Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—    they are like the new grass of the morning:In the morn...  Read More

Lord, you have been our dwelling place    throughout all generations.Before the mountains were born    or you brought forth the whole world,    from everlasting to everlasting you are GodPsalm 90:1-2My kids love watching movies over and over again. This Christmas, it’s been the Croods 2. I won’t make comment about the movie itself, but one line comes to mind as I read the first verses of this Psal...  Read More

The Lord has established his throne in heaven,    and his kingdom rules over all.Praise the Lord, you his angels,    you mighty ones who do his bidding,    who obey his word.Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,    you his servants who do his will.Praise the Lord, all his works    everywhere in his dominion.Praise the Lord, my soul.Psalm 103:19-22Do you ever feel like you are going around in ci...  Read More

As a father has compassion on his children,    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;for he knows how we are formed,    he remembers that we are dust.The life of mortals is like grass,    they flourish like a flower of the field;the wind blows over it and it is gone,    and its place remembers it no more.But from everlasting to everlasting    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, ...  Read More

The Lord works righteousness    and justice for all the oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses,    his deeds to the people of Israel:The Lord is compassionate and gracious,    slow to anger, abounding in love.He will not always accuse,    nor will he harbor his anger forever;he does not treat us as our sins deserve    or repay us according to our iniquities.For as high as the heavens are above...  Read More

The Lord works righteousness    and justice for all the oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses,    his deeds to the people of Israel:The Lord is compassionate and gracious,    slow to anger, abounding in love.He will not always accuse,    nor will he harbor his anger forever;he does not treat us as our sins deserve    or repay us according to our iniquities.For as high as the heavens are above...  Read More

Praise the Lord, my soul;    all my inmost being, praise his holy name.Praise the Lord, my soul,    and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins    and heals all your diseases,who redeems your life from the pit    and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.Psalm 103:1-5Don’t fret. It’s the sam...  Read More