i have a one-year bible reading plan saved on my desktop. i don't read it every day, but pull it up when i need some kind of direction for what to read for the day. there's a chapter from four different books of the Bible. today one of the chapters was Psalm 34.
it was incredibly encouraging to read because i remember when i was a senior in high school, going through some pretty tough stuff and getting ready to come to auburn, my sister, laura beth, gave me some of these verses. they were very encouraging to me then and continue to be. i don't think there is anything more amazing then to look at something as tangible as the promise of God's Word at a certain time in your life, and then seeing it come to fruition several years later... to know that His promises are real. the Word is not dead, it is not merely words written thousands of years ago. the Word is alive, active, and true. it's God's promise to us... and that is so amazing and unfathomable. yet, i so quickly forget the power in it. so, i hope these verses are an encouragement to you... because they are true!
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!
10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones;
not one of them is broken.
21 Affliction will slay the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned."
psalm 34
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