Verses: Psalms 130: 1 - 8
My thoughts about the
verses:
Many a person has gone
through life hoping for a better day. They
have things but they want more. They
wish on the first star that they see each night to bring them good
fortune. They spend money on lotteries
wishing that this time will be their time.
They grow envious of
others who are living what they call a good life. They are depressed because they do not have
the things that they dream for. In the
process they miss the things that they do have.
They miss the relationships that they have with others. They miss the fact that they have roofs over
the heads and food on the table. They miss
the simple blessings that feel their days and nights.
I would say we all have
done this at one time or another.
Whether you are or rich or poor there are still things that you wish you
could acquire in life. It may be fame or
fortune. It may be friends or
family. We all have times that we hope
our life was different. Then get angry
and upset when things do not go the way we hope for.
I want us to look at
what we should all be hoping for. It would
be great if we had all the worldly possessions that we desire. We
truly do not need the things of this world.
It is better to hope for a life with God. We should be relying on God for love and
compassion. We need to lean on God for
power and strength. We should be
learning love from the one who is merciful.
Our power and strength
does not come from the things this world offers. We cannot find redemption through having all
the riches and fame the world offers.
The only way to have true redemption and hope is through the mercy God
gives us.
Our life is complex and
we have all done things that we wish we would never have done. We feel sorry for those things. A lot of times people carry that guilt and
burden for long periods of their life.
Yet, what we truly need to do is to ask God to wipe away those mistakes
we have done. We should go to God asking
for forgiveness for the things that we should have never done. God is the strength and power that leads to
redemption from our worldly errors.
God provides hope that
we will one day join the Savior in the promise land. We are walking our desert now. Hunting for the land that God has promised
us. Yet, as we walk in our own desert of
life we have hope. We can look back at
what God has done and know that we can have redemption. We can come to the conclusion that our God is
not abandoned us on this journey of life.
We can see that God is there helping us and is the hope that we need to
make it to the promise land of eternal life.
Isn’t it amazing how God can turn our troubles and sorrows not joy through
the power and hope that is God’s love and mercy?
Prayer:
We praise you God for
you are worthy of praise. We thank you
God for the hope that you give us each and every day. We offer our lives over to you. Help us accept the things that we have in
this life. Help us turn over our worries
and fears to you. Help us dear God
redeem our soul and forgive us for what we have done in this life. In the name of the Savior we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you accept the hope
that is God? Have you turned your life
over to the Savior? Are you ready to be
the child that God desires you to be?
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