Verses: Psalms 39: 1 - 13
Song inspired by the
chapter: Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.
My thoughts about the
verses:
Our life happens in a
blink of an eye in God’s time. It may
seem like we have forever to live on this Earth. Yet, if truth be known it is only seconds in
the great scheme of things. I know that
I can feel my forty years. Yet, for God
that is a small amount of time when it comes to creation itself.
Think of it this way if
you knew that today was your last day what would you do? Many of us have a list of things that we
would like to accomplish. We would want
to see our family and friends, take that trip we never got to take, jump out of
a plane and the list keeps going on.
Yet, in this scenario you only have one day. You and I both know it isn’t enough to do
what all we feel we have missed out on.
So from this we can see how our lives are only having in a fraction of
the time compared to all of creation.
I think back to my
sister she only lived those few four days.
Yet, her life meant something to our family. We often think about her. We wonder what she would have been liked if
she would have lived. Yet, even though
we are sad we know that she is living the great life now. She joined God and the angels in Heaven. She gained her wings and her spirt flew. Her life was short here on Earth, but will
last for an eternity in Heaven.
I also think about my
great grandmother she lived to be 106 years old. Imagine what all she saw. Yet, even though she lived to be over a
hundred years old it is only a small amount of time compared to eternity. God lives in eternity or forever time. Think on this and see no matter how long you
live on earth be a few days or a hundred years it is a very small part of
forever.
The next lesson we can
learn from these scriptures is to be wise.
We need to be careful about what we say.
We need to ask God to help us be wise.
We should be aware that our words can harm others.
There are times in our
life that we will not speak wisely. We
will keep our mouths shut when we should speak the truth. Other times we will speak and what comes out
of our mouths is not truth. We can also
hurt people by saying things that could offend them or their friends.
When we do step out of
bounds we need to ask God for forgiveness.
When we refrain from speaking the truth we need to ask God to forgive
us. When we say mean and hateful words
to others we should offer it up in prayers
Think about this for a
moment have you ever been in a situation when you knew that falsehoods were
been spoken. You sensed that you were
outnumbered. Your fear and doubt began
to take over. Even though you knew what
was being said was not true you kept quiet.
Thinking on that how many people was affected because you did not speak
up for the truth.
It is important for us
to speak the truth so others can learn that is nothing wrong with being who we
are. You never know when someone will
overhear you that are having a hard time dealing with their life. If you speak the truth you may give that
person the freedom that they need. I
hope you have come to ask for forgiveness and the wisdom that you need. I know that I have.
Prayer:
Dear God we thank you
for loving us. We thank you for caring
for us even though we are just a small part of Creation. We ask you to forgive us when we do not speak
wisely. Help us live within truth. Help us never to use our words to hurt
others. Help us never to stay quiet when
we need to speak the truth. In the name
of the Savior we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you ever kept quiet when you needed to speak
the truth? Have you ever been
untruthful? Do you realize that your
time is small compared with the time of God?
Are you ready to ask for forgiveness today? Are you ready to ask Jesus in your heart
today?
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