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The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me.
Lord,
your faithful love 
endures forever; 
do not abandon the work of your hands.
Psalms 138:8 CSB
The psalmist captures beautifully the tension that I so often live in...
"do not abandon the work of your hands". Sometimes it feels like God has just left us to it, evil, the effects of evil run rampant and roughshod over people. 
God seems silent.
Inactive. 
It seems that it's OK to feel that way :)
"Lord, your faithful love endures forever"
He reminds himself, as I have to, that God is God, that He is Love, that He is eternal, that He is bigger, and has a bigger story that I'm just a wee part of.
And then it's personal.
Fulfill your purpose for me. I want to fulfill my purpose for me. 
The psalmist submits what he wants to Gods purpose.
Sometimes we over complicate it. 
Our God is personal, and he wants us near, to be moving closer.
As we get closer to someone, we see more of them, understand them better, know them better, love them better.
And we get to see what they love.
And we start to love what they love.
In the tension of this beautiful yet broken world, 
God's love does endure, draw nearer,
keep stepping closer, 
to Him.
#loveGod
#lovepeople

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