The Solar Eclipse

Thinking about the solar eclipse today. My memory work is Psalm 40 this year, and verse 5 seems so appropriate.

"Many, O LORD, my God, are the wonders which you have done, and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with You."

And thinking about the darkness coming this afternoon, I remembered verses in Psalm 139 that I memorized years ago:

"If I say surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me, even the darkness will not be dark to You...for darkness is as light to You. For you created my inmost being...."

Verses like these mean so much. Keeps my mind sound and my heart and soul aware of the great love and compassion God has for us.

We are always in God's thoughts, and we're never out of His sight--or His reach.

There is Hope: God Sees and Knows

 

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Psalm 31:7-8 "I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place." NIV

God not only sees our outer condition but our inner condition as well. He addresses both the affliction and the anguish. Instead of letting the enemy have us, He sets us free to walk in His love and grace. The result is gladness and rejoicing in the knowledge that God sees, knows, and loves us. We don't deserve such mercy, which makes God all the more wonderful. He is so worthy to be praised. 

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