Gods Greatness And Compassion

Feeling So Blessed Today

Feeling so blessed today
Got what I need
Most of what I want
Not enough thanks I can say
Not enough praise I can give
To thank the Lord for all His goodness

I just be in awe and wonder
Of how generous and merciful God is
He is great and compassionate
And he’s blessed me beyond what I could have imagined
I think back over situations I’ve been in
How my life was full of sin
But Jesus forgave again and again ( Psalm 103)

About many things I still have to pray
And life can bring new challenges any day
But today I’m experiencing peace and quietness
As today I’m feeling so blessed.

Insight
Psalm 103 gives us a wealth of information about how God forgives sins and has mercy and compassion on His children. There is no way I can pay God back for all His generosity and compassion for me. I just write about His goodness in effort to praise Him and to help others.

Reflecting On “Unanswered” Prayers

I was reflecting on how hard I prayed for my spouse to get a job
Household expenses were increasing year after year
It would be great to have financial help
But a job never came despite of how hard I prayed
I got tired of praying about it
It’s not that I gave up on God
It’s that I was just worn out

As I started to accept the circumstances
The Lord allowed my income to increase
Such that my spouse’s job wasn’t even needed
It reminded me of the scripture
I’ve never seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging bread (Psalm 37:25)
The Lord had already provided the income for which I prayed

You may pray long and hard
And don’t think that God will answer
And sometimes He doesn’t answer directly
Or the way we expect
But take a moment to reflect
If He has already answered your prayers and you don’t realize it yet?

Insight

This weeks praise expression focuses on unanswered prayers. After all, if God is so compassionate, why doesn’t He answer every prayer. There are several answers. It could be that what we are praying for is not in our best interest; as God can see into the future and we can’t. He doesn’t give it to us because what we are praying for can cause harm later on.

Or it could be that he has something better for us. The Bible states that God gives us good gifts (Matthew 7:11 )and all good and perfect comes from Him (James 1:17). He might deny us one thing to only bless us with something bigger and better later on.

And still yet, they are prayers that God never answers or does He? If we take time to reflect and what we’ve asked Him for we may discover that He has already answered our prayer but not the way we wanted Him to.

Slow Down

Last night, my car warning light came on
I planned to get car fixed first thing in the morn
But in the morning found out the place I’d go to went out of business
With limited time, I feverishly started looking up nearby mechanics
Found a place that had the part and was close
Prayed I could drive there without having to be towed

Got there, but I sensed not to trust what they diagnosed
As they wanted me to replace car parts that were not that old
So, I went back to looking for a mechanic feverishly
When I heard a voice say to me
“Slow down, God’s got this
Didn’t He let you make it to first mechanic without breaking down or being towed?
Didn’t He let you drive away without anything being owed?
There’s another means to get to work today
So slow down and enjoy the rest of your day”

Then I calmed down, as this made so much sense
In a couple of days I’d have plenty of time to get car fixed
It makes me want to sing thanks to the Lord
For dealing with me so bountifully. Psalm 13:6

Insight
Sometimes rushing to solve a problem, makes the problem seem bigger than it actually is.
You can also unnecessarily stress yourself out about it.
Slowing down and thinking about alternative ways to solve the problem can lead to the best outcome.