This week is final’s week at school so everything
seems a little more urgent and stressful. My time each day feels more and more
restricted. Tuesday, before I got to school to take my first test, God poured
His love over me like a big warm bear hug. I was reading Psalm 139 and I was completely
overwhelmed by His love. He is so good. I wanted to share it with you. As you read it, keep in mind that the words are
talking about you.
1 Lord,
you have examined my heart and
know everything about me. 2 You
know when I sit down or stand up. You
know my thoughts even when I’m far away. 3 You
see me when I travel and
when I rest at home. You
know everything I do. 4 You
know what I am going to say even
before I say it, Lord. 5 You
go before me and follow me. You
place your hand of blessing on my head. 6 Such
knowledge is too wonderful for me, too
great for me to understand!
7 I
can never escape from your Spirit! I can
never get away from your presence!
8 If I go up to heaven,
you are there;if I go down to the grave,[a] you
are there.
9 If I ride the wings of the
morning, if I dwell by the farthest
oceans,
10 even there your hand will guide
me,
and your strength will support
me. 11 I
could ask the darkness to hide me and the
light around me to become night-
12 but
even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night
shines as bright as day. Darkness and light
are the same to you.
13 You
made all the delicate, inner parts of my
body and knit me together in my mother’s
womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully
complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-how
well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in
utter seclusion, as I was woven together in
the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was
born. Every day of my life was recorded in
your book. Every moment was laid
out before a single day had passed.
17 How
precious are your thoughts about me,[b] O
God. They cannot be numbered!
18 I
can’t even count them; they outnumber the
grains of sand! And when I wake
up, you are still with me!
19 O
God, if only you would destroy the
wicked! Get out of my life, you
murderers!
20 They blaspheme
you; your enemies misuse your name.
21 O
Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate
you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose
you?
22 Yes, I hate them with total
hatred,
for your enemies are my enemies.
23 Search
me, O God, and know my heart; test me and
know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in
me that offends you, and lead me along the
path of everlasting life.
(New
Living Translation)
Be blessed this week and remember how much God
loves you.
