Psalm 12

feeling good after a great workout. are you supposed to work out at night though? who knows. why does it matter anyways? at least i'm doing it. i quit my job & i think it's for the best. i need to make sure i do well in school. i'm still praying about my future & where i'm going after i graduate. i'd love to move off somewhere, but i'd like to stay in the south. maybe like tennessee, georgia, or maybe i'll go across the country to like colorado or something :] maybe this is my chance to veer off to montana & spend some time in a log cabin with Jesus for a while! gosh, that sounds so great. .....while the snow is falling down & drinking coffee..best thing EVER. okay, exaggeration. but, that would be cool. one day i'm actually going to go to montana & i probably won't even like it. hah.

so, i walked into one of my classes the other day & felt completely unprepared. it's a grad school class; therefore, grad students are mostly in there. i was the only undergrad until someone i knew walked in the door. i felt better after that. i had no idea what to expect from this class. i believe it's going to be a good experience. it's about leadership & i love learning about that. leadership is always evolving and changing. i think the greatest thing ever is that at the beginning of the class we were talking about servant style leadership. servant style leadership is that which is giving to others before yourself; being very self-giving. no arrogance & no pride are in servant style leadership. & the professor asked, "who is the first person to exemplify servant style leadership over 2000 years ago?" easy.

Jesus.

He gave himself for us. He gave His blood for our selfish, prideful hearts.

Psalm 12

Even in this Psalm it talks about how there are no more godly men. How people are obsessed with themselves and only think they matter in the world. Men who are boastful & say things just to get attention. Men who are gossipers, backstabbing those they love in the back. Even though there are believers some can be lead astray. Well, we all can. & we all do get led astray. Sometimes the devil can overtake us & make us believe that we are better than another or that we have it all together & pride will shine right through us; then, we just look foolish. Seek out those believers. Seek out support. Talk about what is going on & seek that godly advice. Better yet, you may need to take it & apply it to your life.

The verse I love in this Psalm is verse 6, "And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times." (NIV) In a world full of deceit, being sincere & truthful can be very rare. The words of the Lord are pure. He will never lie to us. So when He is speaking to us we should listen carefully. Don't think of when you want to hear Him, but listen for Him at all times. Because as Proverbs 11:19 says, "The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death." (NIV)