New Zealand Adventures

I prayed Psalm 93 this morning in my precious moments alone with my Risen Savior during the dawning of the new day. As I read allowed the first verse I read, "The Lord is robbed of majesty." Ok, I'm a horrific speller, so I didn't catch my error until just now as I sit here and read it again. But the amazing thing is that it was exactly what I was meant to read this morning. The Psalmist says it twice so as to highlight its significance. Everyday I rob God of His majesty, the glory He is owed and intended to get. I take credit for kindnesses, or allow people to praise me, when I know that all good can only come from God, and we merely are occasionally graced to harbor God's goodness to be given to others. Anyway, I now come back to this brilliant Psalm and read its life-giving words once again. It takes new meaning to me now, as I've gone to my geography class and discussed the water that once covered the earth and the flooding of rivers. It's amazing because this is part of Psalm 93, "Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea- the Lord on high is mighty." Previous to that it talks about the sea lifting up, flooding its great forces, but the last verse says, "Your statutes stand firm." God is eternal, He is the rock that cannot be shaken, He is the alpha and omega. One thing to know that you might find interesting as I did when I discovered it is that we are not meant to find our lives in every part of the scriptures. These unfamiliar parts are meant to teach us what the rest of the Body of Christ is like (amongst other things), so we too can proclaim their prayer, in order to share one another's burdens so as to make the load lighter that we may stand the strain. (Exodus 18, Number 11:10-17, Isaiah 9:4, 58:6, Matt 11:28-30, Gal 6:2, etc)

Someone close to my heart wrote me yesterday and told me these eternal words, "The Lord is not careless with the planing of our lives, especially when it comes to making His name known." How true that dear friend is, and how vital those words are to hold in our hearts. Do we realize that nothing is by chance, do we trust God enough to know that He controls time and space and every happening of our day is full of purpose and meaning?

ok, down from my soap box. The weather is beautiful here. I saw rain for the first time yesterday, but surely our Heavenly Father knew that the flowers needed water and rest from the great amount of sunlight they have received in the last week. I'm going to Akaroa this weekend to hang out with some new friends, so hopefully the weather will get warm again as it's starting to do and we can do a little surfing. :) Peace friends, may your lives be filled with His presence today.