Psalms. I am grateful for the days when a passage speaks to something deep in my soul. Such was the case today when I read, "1 LORD, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don’t concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp. 2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD— now and always." Psalm 131:1-3 (NLT)
"Calmed and quieted myself..." "...put your hope in the LORD -- now and always." I sure needed that! Sometimes the "matters too great...for me..." are in areas for which I have human responsibility. They are matters which, when I see something wrong, I can't fix. I have seen a great difference in the things I CAN fix and those I can't. I can't change the attitude of another person, for instance. I can't force people I love to follow God's ways. In short, I can lead, but I can't manipulate. I am learning that lesson.
And I am learning to calm and quiet myself. Sometimes.
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