I Am So Sorry

My focus should have been on You
And what You’d have me to do
Instead, I focused on myself
And forgot how much I was blessed
I am so sorry

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Is it anything I can say or do?
That would make me right with You?
You gave all that I did need
But I got consumed with greed
I wanted to do things my way
I didn’t wait to hear what You had to say
And for that
I am so sorry

Nothing I did prospered
Because I didn’t see You first
How I long to be forgiven
I really need a new start in living
I pray for a new way
I am so sorry for my deeds
Forgive me Lord please.

Scripture Reference: Psalm 51

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Psalm 51:2-3

Discovering Simple Happiness

Shelter in place? How boring that’s going to be
No concerts, dining out, etc., just sitting around watching tv
But something happened surprisingly
I discovered being happy with doing everyday simple things

Simple things, like trying a new cake recipe
After all, due to closure, can’t get favorite cake from bakery
Time has allowed new household abilities
Cleaning, gardening and fixing things
The Bible says the joy of the Lord is my strength (Nehemiah 8:10)
And the Lord will show you how to get joy in the simplest things
He will give you joy even when you’re doing nothing

Because it’s not what you do, it’s your attitude
It can be one of feeling something missing or one of gratitude
Be still for a minute or a few
Meditate on the number of ways you’ve been blessed
And thank God for discovering simple happiness.

Scripture reference: Nehemiah 8:10

An Even Higher Thanks

Today the Navy’s Blue Angels did a flyover over the city
They did it to give special thanks to the healthcare workers
For their tireless, heroic, work during this pandemic
As I thought about the well, deserved jester
Not only to the health care workers; but for all who work the front line
I thought about how God deserves an even higher thanks

Navy’s Blue Angels

It is God who is keeping everything intact while we struggle
He is watching over the health care and frontline workers
And God Himself is a tireless worker
Every day and every night He’s keeping the earth intact
Letting His earth still supply food and water
Letting the sun shine and the rain fall
Supplying the earth with what’s needed for  medicines and vaccines
And giving knowledge to scientists and those who develop technology

I can’t fly a jet, but I can lift my hands and open my mouth with praise
Thanks Lord, for keeping us during these difficult days
I wanna be like the people in Nehemiah’s time
I wanna bless the Lord the great God with lifted hands and praise in my mouth

Nehemiah 8:6
And Ezra blessed the Lord the great God.  And all the people answered Amen, Amen with lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground