Day 8

Kayla-


There was a lot in today's reading that stood out to me. Taking up your cross daily, the fish and the loaves.... But really what always stands out to me is something that I was reminded of in Psalm 8:3-4:


When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
   the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
    what is man that you are mindful of him,
   and the son of man that you care for him?


I think of all of the magnificient and wonderful things that God has created. I mean look out at the stars on a clear night (away from the bright lights of the city) and look at the stars....think about what you can't see beyond them.  Think about all the things in your town, all of the things in your state, across the country, that you can't see or don't even know about. It's HUGE and filled with all types of amazing things, yet God cares for you and He cares for me. He is mindful of us, He cares. The Creator of EVERYTHING loves us. He loves us in the midst of all of our messing up and doing right, regardless, He loves us. And who are we to deserve that love? We don't deserve it, not one of us. But He loves us anyway, giving us what we don't deserve, a chance to start over. Like we read in Luke, a chance to take up our cross, daily, and to follow Him. We get grace and that is one great gift. :) God loves us even though there is no way we could ever deserve that kind of love.

Blessing.

Derrick

Psalm 8:1 is a song I used to sing as a kid,
"O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!"

We would sing it in rounds and it was one of my favorites, it's amazing what scripture put to music can do in a persons soul, I still remember that song and would gladly sing it for you if you ask :) but be ready to hop in and sing the round, cuz then the song is at its best...

I also almost wrote about the verses that Kayla wrote about but the power of music won me over this time, it's crazy what the secular words and images get you to do/think/worship.

Secular music is really preachy, they preach an agenda that no Christian should follow, he we allow our minds to be moved by a nice beat, I can think of 5 catchy songs that stick in your head without even trying hard at all, each of which devalue others, or life, or God or sex, all of which are creations of God for us to enjoy (under certain circumstances)like marriage.


Keep your mind on the whatever statements of Philippians 4:8