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Saturday, February 2, 2008♥ 11:15 AM
Psalm 33
january's done a disappearing act a little too soon cos i'm not sure i want to leave 2007 behind so quickly! my slow brain has a some trouble digesting what just happened in between the transition from cresecent to nj...
anyway. i just popped in here (tuition at 2!!) to share a little of No. 33 cos i think it's really good!
16 No king is saved by the size of his
army;
no warrior by his great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance,
despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him,
on those whose hope is in His
unfailing love,
19 to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.
of course nowadays 21st century cool, sophisticated schoolgirls and lawyers and civil service workers like ourselves don't really depend on armies and strength in the literal sense, but in those days these things were the crowning glories of kings and warriors, things that made them great and powerful awe-inducing.
what are our crowning glories, then?—our friends, our savings, qualifications, talent, skill, ability, eloquence, our image and whatever else you can think of to add.
Are our securities, confidence and hope based on these? of course these things are very good and i'm sure all of us have at least two or more of the above mentioned x), but these things can neither deliver nor save.
finally, a solution. (rather much the same solution to almost everything else, but it is a good reminder nevertheless.) The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His everlasting love. If God's eyes are upon us then we can certainly trust Him to deliver us from the JAWS OF DEATH (in our cases nasty teachers, nasty bosses, nasty office politics, nasty things)!
and then we have no need for the strength of warriors or the armies of kings from long ago to outwit, outlast, outplay! go survivors! ha ha.
so just a little of Psalm 33 to think about.
Love you guys, and see you all later!
<^)))>< Julienne
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