Total Recall

There are just times in life, and I am finding those times more often, that we must have the discipline to recall the pleasantness of our experience with God.  I mean, look around! What do you see?  Right now, America is about to default on it's debts (whatever that means), the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma is in turmoil, which means the economy is in deeper trouble, and there are more and more stories of unthinkable acts of men coupled with tragedies that defy all imagination.  In the middle of this, what is man to think?  What is Christian man to think?

This morning I was encouraged by the Word of God in Lamentations 3:21-33.  Allow me to share:

But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him.
The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
It is good for a man he bear the yoke in his youth.
Let him sit alone in his silence when it is laid on him;
let him put his mouth in the dust - there yet may be hope;
let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
For the Lord will not cast off forever, but, though he cause grief,
he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
for he does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

God bless you in your journey today!