Psalm63: August 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010

SUMMER!

August 22, 2010: Sitting on my deck

A humid, balmy, late afternoon with ever so slight a breeze to brush past damp skin and hair. Clouds pinkish underneath and the cicada drowning out the noise from the street below. In the distance the sounds of a street basketball game—thump, thump, boys voices shouting, thump, thump. Air conditioners on the houses below cycling on and off in a chorus of hums.

Summer! How I love summer.

A Time To Reflect

Welcome to my blog. Here I hope to spend time reflecting--reflecting on my daily, moment-by-moment walk with Jesus, listening to His voice. I run often to Him, for comfort, for counsel, for instruction and correction. Psalms 63 says "Oh GOD, You are My God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is. So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You, So will I bless you while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on You in the night watches. For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice, my whole being follows after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me" (Psalm 63:1-8 AMP).

With this as my life verse, I hope this blog reflects all that this verse means to me.

Favorite Books

Some of my favorite books: Anything by Oswald Chambers--these have mentored me for 20 years; Anything by AW Tozer, Andrew Murray, Hannah Whithall Smith, Amy Carmichael, Corrie tenBoom -- those voices from years gone by; I call them the "Pre-TV" generation, who walked with God, died to self, and lived a life of abandonment to Christ. Others include anything by Michael Wells (Abiding Life Ministries International), Beth Moore, Elizabeth Elliot, Joel Rosenberg, Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Max Lucado, Chuck and Nancy Missler -- these and many others have all impacted and changed my life in so many ways.

Of course, the Bible, which I have read through at least 15, or maybe even 20, times. It is living, active and sharper than a two-edged sword, it has divided between my soul (my self-life) and my spirit, separating and preparing me for whatever God wants to pour into me. I am in love with the Author! He meets with me every morning, He reads me His word and speaks its truths into my life. He comforts me and instructs me. He is my Beloved--my Bridegroom.