verseoftheday

The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing, and it is wonderful to see. This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Please, Lord, please save us.  Please, Lord, please give us success. Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord.  We bless you from the house of the Lord. Psalms 118:22-26 NLT What a jumble of ideas! Sometimes our thoughts and ideas about God, about the world, about ourselves, can be a jumble, and the song invites us to write ours too. To just let the jumble tumble out of our minds and find expression. It's OK if our ideas about God sometimes seem half formed, if there's mysteries, things we can't grasp or understand, just don't "get". It's OK to be in a bit of a mind jumble sometimes. The psalmist downloaded in writing, so finding a safe download place is a thing we can do too. It's OK because we are Beloved. #psalms #psalm118 #youareBeloved 

The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. Psalms 118:22 Peter quotes this verse in Acts 4. He has been challenged because he was involved in healing a crippled person, and he ties this verse in with Jesus. Rejected. And restored. And restored to something important. Perhaps today something is or has been crippling. Abuse, loss, grief, the decisions of others, mistakes, tragedy, the world pushing in...maybe it's rejection, fear, despair...we're in good company not only with the psalmist, with Jesus too.  And he was restored. We will be too. There is restoration, hope, healing to be found, and in the Big Story all things will be made new. We have much to look forward to. #psalms #psalms118 #hope #restoration #restorationofallthings #youareBeloved 

"His faithful love endures forever." In my distress I prayed to the Lord,  and the Lord answered me and set me free. The Lord is for me,  so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me? Yes, the Lord is for me; he will help me.  I will look in triumph at those who hate me. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in people. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. Psalms 118:4-9 NLT So we start grounded in the truth that our God's faithful love endures forever. Then we hear about the psalmists broken heart, broken relationships, fears, and betrayal.  Maybe one or more of those os familiar territory for us. Hurt  Broken relationships  Fear Betrayal  And this song gives us some steps to take: - pray - listen - know that His Faithful Love endures forever, and in that truth we can find freedom - take refuge in someone  Bigger. Leave our fears of what people might think, might say, leave those fears with the...

Sunday Psalms; Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!  His faithful love endures forever. Let all Israel repeat:  "His faithful love endures forever." Let Aaron's descendants, the priests, repeat: "His faithful love endures forever." Let all who fear the Lord repeat: "His faithful love endures forever." Psalms 118:1-4 NLT Before the writer of this song heads off into the things that they want to share, the song starts with these 4 verses: Grounding verses. Grounding in truth. No matter what comes next; "His faithful love endures forever." Whatever we are facing; "His faithful love endures forever." Whatever our worries, anxieties, our fears; "His faithful love endures forever." Grounding in truth; "His faithful love endures forever." Planting ourselves on rock when the storms of life are crashing in; "His faithful love endures forever." Knowing that in the Big Story nothing can wash us away; "His...