time after time

Thursday, August 5, 2010 (6:04 a.m.)

Beloved Loving Lord,

How I thank You for Your faithfulness. Waking up this morning, my first instinct was to dismiss the song in my head. Thank You for persisting. I don’t know if anyone else has considered it to be the least bit spiritual through the years, but this morning how can I not?

♫Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick and think of You Caught up in circles Confusion is nothing new Flashback warm nights Almost left behind Suitcase of memories Time after…♫

Lord, how comforting it is to remember that ‘if I’m lost I can look and I will find You time after time. If I fall You will catch me, You’ll be waiting time after time.’ So often ‘I’m walking too far ahead You’re calling to me I can’t hear what You’ve said’. Thank You Lord for those occasions that I DO hear ‘You said “Go slow” I fall behind The second hand unwinds’.

Ah. Most Precious Lord, thank You for loving us so much that You just never give up on us. ♫Oh no, You never let go Through the calm and through the storm Oh no, You never let go In every high and every low Oh no, You never let go Lord, You never let go of me♫

Time after time Your people of Israel “kept on sinning; in spite of His wonders they did not believe. So He ended their days in futility and their years in terror. Whenever God slew them, they would seek Him; they eagerly turned to Him again. They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. But then they would flatten Him with their mouths, lying to Him with their tongues; their hearts were not loyal to Him, they were not faithful to His covenant.” (Psalm 78:32-37)

Dearest Lord, this just rings so close to home here. How often do I just run off ♫too far ahead You’re calling to me I can’t hear what You’ve said♫ But You, good loving Lord that You are “Yet He was merciful; He forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time He restrained His anger and did not stir up His full wrath.” (v. 38)

Thank You Lord. Time after time I deserve so much more wrath and ever such less mercy and You reverse what You give with what I have earned. Thank You. I don’t think I will ever fully understand how You can be so good and kind, loving and forgiving. But I can try to live each day accordingly. Be with me today as I attempt to ♫go slow♫ keeping in step with what YOU have laid out for me.

I love You Lord. I don’t want to miss anything You have already arranged. Keep me mindful and present in seeking Your will and Your way. I love You. Thank You. Amen.

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