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Sunday Psalms;

Offer sacrifices in the right spirit, and trust the Lord.
Many people say, 
Who will show us better times?
Let your face smile on us, Lord. 
You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine.
In peace I will lie down and sleep, 
for you alone, 
O Lord, 
will keep me safe.
Psalms 4:5-8 NLT

At the beginning of this song David is under personal attack, and at the end it seems like its the world he is living in isn't great- "who will show us better times?"
David's solution?
Keep the faith, even when it seems that the world is against you.
Keep being faithful even when the harvest is poor.
Because our peace, lasting peace, peace that transends this life and overlaps into eternity, that peace is found in our God.
Trust Him to hold your life no matter what others say, what the world around us says.
The redemptive strands can be picked up again and again when we "offer sacrifices in the right spirit, and trust the Lord."
What is that "sacrifice"?
It starts with our heart, mind, will, that is oriented towards Him, open to the Spirit's guidance and shaping, living out the Way of Love in our world.
No matter what, in the Big Story, "you alone, 
O Lord, 
will keep me safe."
#psalms 
#songs
#redemptivestrands #weareBeloved 

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