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Friday Devotional:
Psalm 40:1-11
Some days I think things are definitely not going my way. Relatives in my parent's generation are dying at an alarming rate. I am lucky to have lived this long in the love and care of so many of my elders, but these deaths are a lot to deal with.
Psalm 40 is a prayer for such a time. Whether we are mourning a loss, questioning our faith, worried or stressed, fearful or regretful, or shaken in any other way, the psalmist's words remind us that we are in good and faithful hands.
We cannot assume a life of control and comfort, that things will proceed as we wish. Life often requires change, adaptation, and trust. But we have been designed for love. We have been invited to lean on the grace and goodness of God, even when we cannot see them.
When things aren't going our way and we turn to God, God can put a new song on our lips and change our mourning and fear into a song of praise to our creator God, who holds us fast in sure and loving hands
Life-giving God, place a song of praise in my mouth.
I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
An excerpt from Christ in Our Home
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