The Meaning Of Life

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Psalm 38:
Read this psalm and hear David talk about his woes. He is not in a good place, physically or mentally. It is as if he is at the end, and I’ve felt like that before. But David survives, and I’ve survived. Why? Because of God. We’ve turned to God, and it doesn’t matter what condition we are in, if we are faithful, God is merciful. God is forgiving. God will heal. God will carry us through.

And just this week, I had some worries weighing me down, and I prayed to God over them. And to be honest, I didn’t pray as hard as I probably should have because I knew God would evenly come through in the end, that His Will would be done, regardless of what I wanted. And even though God heard the few prayers that I offered up, He came through in a big way. And those worries that I had all disappeared.

Don’t get me wrong, it was just a hand out; He gave me this gift, but with it He gave me the responsibility of managing this gift going forward. In other words, He bailed me out of a tight spot, but expects me to pick up and carry on, responsibly.

Never cease praying.

Psalm 39:
Confession time. Satan works on me through social media. While on the outside I appear to be meek and easy going, very introverted, inside I am racing and very passionate for the things I belief in. And I used to get on social media and air my passion, to the point that I, forgive my French, let my mouth overload my ass. Then I was ashamed of what I had done. It cost me two Facebook Accounts. My words were too many to delete, so I simply had to delete my entire account and start over.

Twice.

But somehow, God convicted me and got through to my thick skull. I still have trouble. I’ll still read a post that sets me off, and I’ll pound out the keyboard, or I’ll see something someone has commented and I want to retort, or I’ll post something and someone will argue with me. But thankfully, God convicts me right then and there. He doesn’t give me the opportunity to make a fool of myself. If usually cancel my post or my response before I hit the “enter” key. Sometimes I’ve had to go into my Activity Log and delete a comment because I thought it was appropriate at the time, but after thinking about it, I realize it was something I should’ve have posted. And now, I am very aware of my words so I don’t have to waste time backtracking on what I’ve said.

Recently while waiting in the parking lot of a retail store, I watched as two couples, one going in and one coming out, where the men were leading the women, the wives (I assumed), were trying to keep up. I simply made a FB post that men should be men and walk with their wives or even better, walk behind their wives a step so they could keep and eye out for her safety. And I stirred up one “independent” woman who basically told me she didn’t “want my help and if she did, she would ask me, but until then, to sit down and shut up!” Of course, I wanted to respond with some witty sarcastic comment to put her in her place, but God whispered in my ear, “Don’t do it”, so I left it alone. Perhaps she was just having a bad day. Perhaps I triggered her. But I let her air her frustration without “putting her in her place”

And that is why Verse 1 hits home so hard. “I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.” I think David was looking directly at me when he said those words.