Psalm 19:12-14
"Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse me from secret faults.
Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of great transgression.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer."
I had just spent time confessing my sins earlier that morning and these verses were my prayer. It didn't take long for the meditation of my heart to become unacceptable in God's sight. I put Camden down for his morning nap, Kendrick and Caleb were playing somewhat happily and I turned to the sink full of dishes. My thinking was spiraling downhill and I remembered this awesome cd that we got that has a bunch of hymns and choruses packed full of good doctrine. I went over to the laptop and turned the album on. It Is Well began playing . . .
My sin - O, the bliss of this glorious thought,
My sin - not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
What a blessing to my sin-filled heart to hear these words this morning. Thank You, Lord. I'm so grateful that Christ's sacrifice covers ALL my sin. The album is one of my favorites, from the Together for the Gospel Conference we attended last year. I LOVE hearing Bob Kauflin lead the worship and the sound of thousands of men singing along makes me long for heaven when we will all sing praise for eternity. The next verse of It Is Well increased that longing . . .
And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend,
"Even so" - it is well with my soul.
Can't wait for that day! I'm so grateful that God's ways are higher than ours, and that even when my "plan" is ruined, He can change my thinking and make me joyful in Him anyway.
On a completely different note, last night my hubby let me escape for a couple of hours. I got to go to a Starbucks with my Bible and journal and spend some time with the Lord. It was amazing and I'm so grateful for a husband who allows me to get away from the craziness every once in awhile. God is good to give Kyle to me. When I arrived home, the train set covered the majority of our living room floor and Kendrick informed me that they had been playing trains and watching Bear (Man v. Wild). Here's a couple of pictures that Kyle took of their time together. God is indeed good to give these boys to us.
2 comments:
Gotta love those little times by ourselves! I know I do! Make them a priority even if it's just going for groceries by yourself! I know and my husband has learned that I am a MUCH happier mamma with some little amount of alone time! :0) Hang in there mom! It's a tough job but God has blessed you with the strength to do it!
Yes, parenting is much tougher than I anticipated, but also so much more rewarding. I love it. God is so good to allow me to do it. :)
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