Happy Are those that Worship God

Verses: Psalms 128: 1 - 6

Song inspired by the chapter:  Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.

My thoughts about the verses:

Our life will be full of joy when we worship God.  In our times of sadness God will send us relief.  In our times of fear God will send us comfort.  In our times of sorrow God will give us joy. 

We have an inner peace and struggle.  We are able to have hope in a brighter tomorrow.  We face our struggles as challenges that we will overcome.  We know that God is in our life and we have all the joy that we need.

I can remember working with a group of kids when I was in my twenties.  They didn’t have the best of situations.  They came from broken homes.  They came from a place of struggle.  Yet, they had something that they had to look forward to and it made theirs days easier.  I can remember that first Sunday that we had a few kids a church and the smile on their faces as they played and learned about God.

The weeks went by and we had to make numerous trips with the one van to pick kids up.  The word had gotten out that there was a place that they could go and feel loved and safe.  They talked with each other and spread the word that there were a group of adults that wanted them around.  We were a group of adults that wanted to just be there with them and share in their life.

I watched them as they went from kids who were having hard times to kids that were enjoying life.  Kids that had presents to open on Christmas that they knew came from people that loved them just the way they were.  Kids that grew and accepted Christ because of a group of adults that let them see Jesus. 

The kids taught a group of adults about hope.  They taught us how to see the good in the bad.  They taught us that life was worth living.  They taught us how to dream about a greater day.  They taught us that Jesus was the Savior of the world.

See I learned as much about life as the kids learned about God.  I learned that if you share Jesus’s love you will get love in return.  I learned that nothing is a total lost if you have Jesus in your life.  I learned that kids are stronger and wiser than most adults.  See kids love innocently they don’t expect anything in return.  No wonder why Jesus said that we would have to come as children to the cross.  It is when we come to Jesus as children that we accept love without question. 

I guess the one thing to remember is no matter how bad things are we have Jesus.  When we have Jesus in our life nothing can destroy us.  Things may try to put out our hope yet, we have the love of God.  Nothing can ever take that away from us.  We have our joy because of that love.

Prayer:

We thank you God for your love.  We praise you for your unending hope.  We praise you for always being with us.  Help us share your joy and hope with others.  In your Holy Name we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you accepted the love of Jesus in your life?  Do you feel the joy that is from God above?  Are you willing to turn your bad over to God so that you can receive the good God wants you to have?