a bunch of stuff

Lemme start with this first psalm in the book of Psalms - I’m starting a sequential reading of this book again for the umpteenth time - Psalms always has something to say to me, no matter how many times I read it.

Psalm 1

1 Oh, the joys of those who do not   follow the advice of the wicked,   or stand around with sinners,   or join in with mockers. 2 But they delight in the law of the LORD,   meditating on it day and night. 3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank,   bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither,   and they prosper in all they do.

4 But not the wicked!   They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. 5 They will be condemned at the time of judgment.   Sinners will have no place among the godly. 6 For the LORD watches over the path of the godly,   but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.

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And then there’s this from Hebrews...

The first section is especially for me today - something the Lord whispered to me - I wish I could embrace it more emotionally.

And the second section just undergirds the first.

Maybe God will whisper these two sections to you today?

Hebrews 6

10 For God is not unjust.

He will not forget how hard you have worked for him

and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers,

as you still do.

11 Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts,

in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.

12 Then you will not become spiritually dull

and indifferent.

Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God's promises

because of their faith

and endurance.

13 For example, there was God's promise to Abraham.

Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:

14 "I will certainly bless you,   and I will multiply your descendants beyond number."

15 Then Abraham waited patiently,

and he received what God had promised.

16 Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it.

And without any question that oath is binding.

17 God also bound himself with an oath,

so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.

18 So God has given both his promise

and his oath.

These two things are unchangeable

because it is impossible for God to lie.

Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.

19 This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls.

It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary.

20 Jesus has already gone in there for us.

He has become our eternal High Priest.