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Date: November 6, 2019
Subject: It's November 6; Good Morning Union
“… save me because of your unfailing love.” Psalm 6:4
As Pastor Marcus shared so beautifully last Friday night for Family Worship, there are cycles of life, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. He categorized those cycles as “oriented, disoriented, and reoriented,” and shared psalms correlated with each. Today’s psalm for me was one of those “reorienting” psalms. It starts in confusion (disoriented) and ends with confidence (reoriented.) David was distraught with all the challenges he was facing in his life, and through communion with God transitioned into a renewed trust in his God who could see him through those tough spots.
His solution came in his focus found in my verse for today. “Save me because of YOUR unfailing love.” He didn’t seem to see any internal hope for resolving life’s challenges, but when he was able to focus on GOD’S unfailing love, he found the strength to confront the demons in his life. And with that renewed confidence in that “unfailing love” from God he was able to basically say, “GET LOST!” to the tough things life had thrown his way.
And the reason he was able to do that appeared to be two-fold:
My ah-ha this morning-- I saw no miraculous removal of the challenges; but I did see again a song that moved from frustration to faithfulness; from troubles to triumph; from rejection to rejoicing; from defeat to delight! And it came in prayer and the intentional refocusing away from the challenges and onto the Solution! And that in itself is also miraculous!
Have a great day focusing on the Solution in prayer,
Pastor Rich
Quote for the day: "There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience." French Proverb
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