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10-25-2007, 07:10 PM
MOURNING INTO DANCING
"To you, O LORD, I pray.
Don't fail me, LORD, for I am trusting in you.
Don't let my enemies succeed.
Don't give them victory overme.
None of those who have faith in God
will ever be disgraced for trusting him.
But all who harm the innocent shall be defeated.
"Show me the path where I should go, O LORD;
point out the right road for me to walk.
Lead me; teach me;
for you are the God who gives me salvation.
I have no hope except in you.
Overlook my youthful sins, O LORD!
Look at me instead through eyes of mercy and forgiveness,
through eyes of everlasting love and kindness.
"The LORD is good and glad to teach the proper path
to all who go astray;
he will teach the ways that are right and best
to those who humbly turn to him.
And when we obey him,
every path he guides us on
is fragrant with his loving-kindness and his truth.
"But LORD, my sins! How many they are.
Oh, pardon them for the honor of your name.
"Where is the man who fears the LORD?
God will teach him how to choose the best.
"He shall live within God's circle of blessing,
and his children shall inherit the earth.
"Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence him.
With them alone he shares the secrets of his promises.
"My eyes are ever looking to the LORD for help,
for he alone can rescue me.
Come, LORD, and show me your mercy,
for I am helpless, overwhelmed, in deep distress;
my problems go from bad to worse.
Oh, save me from them all!
See my sorrows; feel my pain;
forgive my sins. . .
Save me from them!
Deliver my life from their power!
Oh, let it be never be said that I trusted you in vain!
"Assign me Godliness and Integrity as my bodyguards,
for I expect you to protect me. . ."
Psalm 25
King David, what a man, he was always aware of his failures, his shortcomings, his character defects. When we are in recovery from abuse, alcohol, drugs, or whatever addictions we face, we reach a point where we must take an inventory of things done against us, and that is painful. However, the most painful step is when we realize how our addictions, our sins, our failures, our shortcomings, our character defects, harmed others — that we face a deeper pain.
Facing the wrongs we have done to others is painful. Yet, as David did, we cry out to God for mercy and we find He is there with arms open wide to receive us. It is a time of brokenness of true humility. One writer said humility is much like soil. It receives and gives life, but it also knows it can never become a plant or tree. Some of us may never become President or a person of wealth, but we can become the soil that helps others grow.
God plants us in places where we can reach out to others. As another writer said, we are to bloom where we are planted. Wherever you are, whatever you or someone you love is going through — God supplies the nutrients and the power — we provide a hand. Praise Him today for your troubles and let Him turn your mourning into dancing!
--Woes to Wows
"To you, O LORD, I pray.
Don't fail me, LORD, for I am trusting in you.
Don't let my enemies succeed.
Don't give them victory overme.
None of those who have faith in God
will ever be disgraced for trusting him.
But all who harm the innocent shall be defeated.
"Show me the path where I should go, O LORD;
point out the right road for me to walk.
Lead me; teach me;
for you are the God who gives me salvation.
I have no hope except in you.
Overlook my youthful sins, O LORD!
Look at me instead through eyes of mercy and forgiveness,
through eyes of everlasting love and kindness.
"The LORD is good and glad to teach the proper path
to all who go astray;
he will teach the ways that are right and best
to those who humbly turn to him.
And when we obey him,
every path he guides us on
is fragrant with his loving-kindness and his truth.
"But LORD, my sins! How many they are.
Oh, pardon them for the honor of your name.
"Where is the man who fears the LORD?
God will teach him how to choose the best.
"He shall live within God's circle of blessing,
and his children shall inherit the earth.
"Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence him.
With them alone he shares the secrets of his promises.
"My eyes are ever looking to the LORD for help,
for he alone can rescue me.
Come, LORD, and show me your mercy,
for I am helpless, overwhelmed, in deep distress;
my problems go from bad to worse.
Oh, save me from them all!
See my sorrows; feel my pain;
forgive my sins. . .
Save me from them!
Deliver my life from their power!
Oh, let it be never be said that I trusted you in vain!
"Assign me Godliness and Integrity as my bodyguards,
for I expect you to protect me. . ."
Psalm 25
King David, what a man, he was always aware of his failures, his shortcomings, his character defects. When we are in recovery from abuse, alcohol, drugs, or whatever addictions we face, we reach a point where we must take an inventory of things done against us, and that is painful. However, the most painful step is when we realize how our addictions, our sins, our failures, our shortcomings, our character defects, harmed others — that we face a deeper pain.
Facing the wrongs we have done to others is painful. Yet, as David did, we cry out to God for mercy and we find He is there with arms open wide to receive us. It is a time of brokenness of true humility. One writer said humility is much like soil. It receives and gives life, but it also knows it can never become a plant or tree. Some of us may never become President or a person of wealth, but we can become the soil that helps others grow.
God plants us in places where we can reach out to others. As another writer said, we are to bloom where we are planted. Wherever you are, whatever you or someone you love is going through — God supplies the nutrients and the power — we provide a hand. Praise Him today for your troubles and let Him turn your mourning into dancing!
--Woes to Wows