This morning my devotion was in Psalms 90~ kind- of a sobering way to start a Monday morning. It is a prayer from the great man Moses ~to His great God. He is recounting his life. He opens with the cold hard fact of just how fast a man's life will play out. NO matter how much wrinkle cream I use, or how many Emergenc-C packets I consume or even how many days I exercise a week~ this body is wearing out day by day. Moses says a thousand years is but just yesterday in God's time. We just can't stop the hands of time.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Yet~ we get so caught up with living and doing and stock piling like we will be here forever. Our grandparents did ~ every generation before us did it and we do too. We are not going to be on this earth long. So I ask this question ~ as in the Christian song that is playing over and over in my head just now~ "What is it I've done with my life? "
Then Moses addresses God's anger~ rather I should say righteous anger.
Wow~ this one reminds to keep a short confession list with my great God. For we all fall short ~ don't we? He sees even our secret sins~ I don't want to grieve my Heavenly Father.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Then we see the great man ~ Moses making a plea to God. Now I get that! I make many of those myself. He makes a plea for God's understanding~ I desperately need that. How about you?
Moses tells us that our life is a tale that will be told. What will my story be when I am gone from this earth? What will others say about me? But more importantly what will God say about my time here on this earth? Was it consumed with me~ myself and I? Or did I care to spend my time on God and others? Did I spend my time trying to reach others with the saving Gospel ~ did I love ~ or did I devour and stir up strife?
Moses asked God to teach him to number his days~ that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
I hate it when others point out my past failures and short comings. So I don't want to do that to others. I hope and pray that with my wrinkles~ along with those fine lines I have gained some wisdom along the way. I pray that I have become more like my Saviour. I know I have a long way to go~ but praise God I have come a long way!
I love happy endings~ I always have. Moses sums up his life in this little prayer. He continues along and appeals to God's love. Oh what amazing love! He asks God to have compassion on his servants.
In my words ~ as I prayed this prayer over to God this morning. It goes like this ~ " God, I know I have really messed up~ I am nothing without you~ but please God have compassion on my failures and forgive me. ~ Please~ help me to number my days and walk according to your will and way for my life~ not mine."
13 Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Then Moses prays for the future~ what a wise man. Perfect? No! But he grew in wisdom.
I love it~ " And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Wow~ that's what we all need isn't it? What if you could read your tale as we are able be to read Moses' life story? He started out as an angry murderer. I think the ending matters more than the beginning. Moses went from a murdered to a minister. Now that is something to celebrate today.
I pray that the beauty of God will be upon you today! Have a blessed day.
Blink~
Teach me to number my days
And count every moment before it slips away Taking all the colors before they fade to gray
I don't want to miss even just a second more of this
It happens in a blink
It happens in a flash
It happens in the time it takes to look back I try to hold on tight, but there's no stopping time
What is it I've done with my life It happens in a blink
When it's all said and done
No one remembers how far we have run
The only thing that matters is how we have loved I don't want to miss even just a second more of this
Slow down, slow down
Before today becomes our yesterday
Slow down, slow down
Before you turn around and it's too late
It happens in a blink
it happens in a flash
it happens in the time it takes to look back I try to hold on tight but there's no stopping time
What is it I've done with my life It happens in a blink
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