Verses: Psalms 22 : 1 - 31
Song inspired by the chapter: Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.
My thoughts about the
verses:
There are times in our
life that we need to step back and thank God for all that has been done in our
life. God loves us and because of this
love we are blessed. God also has great
power this power protects us dally. No
matter what comes in our life we are to life up praises to God for the
greatness of the Creator.
God gives us many
blessings every day. We are given life
and multiple gifts. Think about this a
moment God sends many gifts our way. We
are given the needs for daily living. We
are blessed with extra things in our life that make us happy and fulfilled.
You might be saying how
can you say all our blessed. Easy even
when Christians are struggling in life there are things that they have things
that bless their life. We are blessed
with people in our life that care for us (these people may be our friends,
birth family or our chosen family). We
are blessed with a new morning when we have woken up. We have days of great sunshine. We have nights of brilliant star light. The thing is we miss the things that are
right in front of us. We think we are
not blessed because we do not have the things we want. Even we have what we need want more sometimes
to the point that we do not believe God is blessing us.
I watched a documentary
about a man suffering from ALS. ALS is a
dreadful disease. It attacks your body
and leaves a person incapable of doing simple task. Many suffer and eventually die because their
lungs stop working and they cannot breathe.
Yet, in this story this young man had things that we often take for
granted. He had a brother that was
devoting his life to find a way to help his brother. He had parents that were spending time with
him and helping him live as normal a life as he could. He had a wife that totally supported
him. He had a son that looked up to him
and was growing up with a father that adored him.
He also had the gifts
that others had created. Gifts that were
created through the talents God had shared with these inventors. He had a wheelchair that he could operate on
his own even when his arms quit working.
He had the ability to communicate through a computer when he started
losing his voice.
The most important thing
he had was a positive attitude. Through
this support he found a way of going to his limitations. He realized how much
that he had to do in a very short time period.
So instead of worrying about what he couldn’t do he concentrated on what
he had. His family and friends supported
him. They did all they could to make
sure that he had all he needed to make his life as successful as it could be.
Think of the power that
God used in this story to help him overcome his limitations. How many times in our life do we miss the
strength that comes from God? We worry
so much about our limitations that we do not see what God is doing for us. We stress over the things that we cannot
accomplish and miss the things God gets us through.
God is our strength and
our protector. God will carry us through
our obstacles. It is up to us if we want
to put our total trust in God. If we
choose this path we will see the things that God does each day to protect us
and make us stronger. Think about how
life would be if we just turned over today to God.
When people come against
us, God is there protecting us. There
are people that will fight us. They will
be against us because of who we are. The
fact that we are Christian opens the door to people that will be against
us. If you start thinking about our
multiple diversities you can just add on our abuse. Yet, if we turn it over to God the strength
will carry us through.
We need to offer praises
to God for the love that is given to us each day. We need to thank God for the strength that we
are given. We need to remember that we
could not do it alone. Pray for those
that haven’t found God. Just imagine how
the world would be if all trusted in a God of love and power.
Prayer:
Dear God we thank you
for multiple blessings. We thank you for
loving us when we didn’t deserve us. We
thank you for carrying us when we need your help. We thank you for answering our prayers and
giving us what we need. In the name of
the Protector and Savior of our life we pray.
Amen
Questions:
Have you thanked God for all that has happened in
your life? Have you asked God to come
into your life and save you? Have you
praised God for the times that you are carried?
Is there anything that you need to turn over to God? How would your life be without God? Think on this a moment. Do you not have a reason to praise God today?
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