Staff Devotional - Our Psalms Part Two

These are some of the staff's writings from our devotional time together. Lisa Catania challenged us to reflect on an attribute of God and to write down some key ways that we see Him at work in our lives through that attribute. Here are our thoughts:

The LORD [Jehovah God] is gracious and merciful …

*when I deserve judgment – He saved me.

*when I deserve His wrath – He died for me.

*when I am disobedient – He is not less gracious & merciful to me.

*when I have opportunity I will tell about Him & His grace & mercy … to family, neighbors, strangers and friends.

The LORD is merciful at all times. He withholds His hand of judgment and His compassion flows freely. He does not repay our failures with anger but extends great mercy & loving kindness and my heart returns to Him in response.

God is good. The LORD cannot be anything but good. His creation was perfectly made, in the perfect time and for the good of his creation/us! His plans are for our good. His motives behind His plans are good. Humans, even the good ones, cannot be good without God. Even when life is hard, God is good.

The LORD is my provider … He has given me life. Each and every breath is a gift from Him. He has given me everything I need. I will trust Him in the coming days, weeks, months and years to provide for me a car [praise Him – He has TODAY!] a wife and a family and everything He knows I need … all in His perfect timing!

The LORD’s faithfulness endures. His faithfulness is clearly evident. You do not leave me hanging even when I turn from You. Your presence does not forsake me. I find You in my contentment and my in my pain. Your hand upholds me and gives me what I need when I need it. I praise You for Your faithfulness. My soul is overwhelmed O my God.

The LORD is faithful and keeps His promises. He knows my need before I do and meets those needs in His perfect timing. I will thank Him and praise Him all the days of my life. I will speak this truth to the generations that follow me.

The LORD is sovereign.
*He knit me in my mother’s womb.
*He hears & knows my every cry.
*He is the beginning and the end; the alpha and omega.
*He is the LORD over all.