Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
David casts out a desperate prayer after examining the lives of the wicked and the righteous. Comments from A Musician Looks At the Psalms: "My life should be totally different from the person who has 'no fear of God before his eyes.' I don't want to be flippant about the holiness of God, casual about the grace of God, or unduly wise about evil. As Vance Havner so aptly said, 'I don't want to be guilty of playing marbles with diamonds.'"
Well stated. Our lives should be drastically different from those who do not fear God. I'm not sure they are any more. I think we need to truly examine our lives to see if we are, indeed, being "flippant about the holiness of God" or "casual about the grace of God." I don't want to get caught up in what John MacArthur once called "easy-believism."
Well, now. This puts the burden right back on us, doesn't it? And, what?? Irritability is a sin? Dang. Gonna have to work on that one.
Seriously, though...what good does it do us to pray to God to remove a particular sin from us if we aren't willing to do the hard part and say "No!" to the temptation? It's kind of like having this strong desire to lose weight, but not wanting to make the hard choices at dinner time. (I can say that, because that's right where I am...)
Once again, we are looking at being flippant about God's holiness or casual about his grace. We want his blessings, but want to live the way we please. It just doesn't work that way.
I pray that today will go smoothly, as Rachel and Justin move. The weather is rather foul at the moment. I pray for some better weather as trucks are being driven and stuff is being loaded/unloaded. I pray that tempers will not flare or that none of us will be irritable.
I pray for LaRue, Lord...I have not heard of any results from her biopsy this week.
And I pray for a smooth week next week, as Stephanie starts back to school after spring break.
Christina Romer, Chairman of the President�s Council of Economic Advisers, testified to the House Appropriations Committee that the White House does not see much of a change in unemployment figures for the balance of 2010.
President Obama outlined a new blueprint for overhauling federal education policies that would encourage states to raise academic standards after a period of �dumbing down� during the last decade.
Pray about the impact of the decisions made by the President and his many advisers.
Grace and peace, friends.