Psalm 6

OH MY WORD.

i know some of you are thinking, "this girl is totally not loyal at updating her blog." i feel the same way. :( however, i have made some of my January goals list [thank you to my beautifuL friend christen :) ] & it is one of my goals to complete one Psalm at least every other night, if not better than that. that was the longest sentence ever. really sorry about that. anyways my little tid-bit of information since my last post.

i attended a conference over the new year. it was AWESOME. a total life-changing experience. i am still processing things that happened there & i probably will for the next few weeks. i am learning a lot. i see it every day & i feel it every day. however, i have a hard time at trying to always do what is right & not living things out. but, i have to understand that mistakes are okay. that's always been something i have struggled with for multiple reasons, but i have to understand that God is okay with mistakes. i should not feel shameful of mistakes made.

Psalm 6

In the first 3 verses of this, David is calling out to the Lord to not harshly discipline him but graciously. In other words, David wants the Lord to humbly tell him his wrong doing and forgive him than give him what he really deserves. However, this is what the Lord does to us in the first place. The Lord graciously forgives when what we really deserve is to fall flat on our face & our face smeared in the mud. Yeah, to make us feel dirty and ashamed of the wrong doing we did. When reading this Psalm I think of how I treat people when things like this happen. If we should strive to be like the Lord every day of our lives, then I should treat someone who does wrong to me by graciously forgiving them, completely dropping the subject matter, & being humble towards them. That can be a hard challenge. Being humble towards them means that they will not be punished for what they did. I recently have gone through a situation like this where I wanted someone to feel the pain & suffering they put me through.. & this Psalm has really opened my eyes to this certain situation. It's like something just hit me straight in the face & was like, "What the flip are you doing..get it together!" But, the Lord forgives me for that too.

Then, rounding out those verses moving on to verse 4 David says, "Turn O Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love." (NIV) The Lord's love for us is never-ending. UNFAILING. Gosh. It blows my mind. It completely blows my mind the love the Lord has for us. I feel His Love & comfort all around me. He has made me who I am today; for to My Creator, I am Thankful.

Really let that seep in tonight. Think of the Lord and His love for us. Pray for His mercy to be brought down upon you. Feel his arms wrap around you. Best feeling in the world to be loved by someone unconditionally & eternally.