Day After Day Brings God’s Love!

A beautiful clear day blue sits mid-day moon in full view. 

Glorious sunny light rays illuminates blooming glades. 

Yellow infiltrates all things with glory glowing blessings. 

Cool misty air on my cheek brings old doubts to haunt me bleak. 

Memories swell sorrow swoons under the afternoon moon. 

Majestic feather light clouds sprinkle light rain on me proud. 

God makes all things in our sight even the midnight moon bright. 

God lovingly warms me slow lifts my sorrow from blight's woe. 

Until my heart fills with praise from God's glory in my gaze. 

A beautiful clear day grey a view not seen every day. 

Heavenly sent to be seen a sentry with Angel wings. 

Heralds misty morning dove, “Day after day brings God’s Love!” 

The last fortnight has been a roller coaster ride. Not only my emotions leap from one to another, but situations flip from joyous celebrations to devastating circumstances. Faith glides us through equaling the field. At times, God graces profound moments of peace, elation is indefinite. We are not intended to sustain, only a momentary relief. I feel most the time, I am unworthy as intense joy subsides. I tell myself God did not create our bodies to sustain heightened thoughts, proof in every time I pray my thoughts drift away. I tell myself God does not like to hear us whine over and over how unworthy we are.  Still my first instinct is to exclaim inwardly all my flaws. 

After writing:“Welcome Dear Heavenly Father” all I could think about was how I could never again write anything so endearing. I told myself, God graces us every day with new blessings and there are more joys in this world than I could possibly write about. Still I was disheartened allowing fresh sorrow to invade my serenity from my circumstances in life. Always what saves me from my self; is my pure wonder, gratefulness to be a living witness to what God made. I am so amazed by its singularity of perfection. In the moment, I cannot stop myself from thanking God for the privilege to share the moment in His creation! Once again, my worries fade away and my heart fills with joy. I smile a little, knowing the cycle will happen again and again! 

The reading Psalm 106:38-108:12 for this Selah captured the beginning of the Fifth Book of Psalms. The bylines tell which is the shortest and longest; as well as David’s Songs of Degrees. Immediately I had to flip through the other pages to find them: Psalms 117 has two verses; Psalms 119 has one hundred and seventy-six verses; and Psalms 120 through 134 are the Songs of Degrees. The fact today’s reading has so many special circumstances, made me very curious how it would fit into my Selah which has taken me a fortnight to perceive. 

According to David there are six reasons for praising God: God's name, God saves us, God does great wonders, God provides the Fruit of the Womb, God forgives, and God's mercy . In-between are four circumstances David details where the Jewish people as a whole, literally drifted away from God. Their dire situation leads them all to cry out in agony begging God to deliver them from their plight. David uses the same verse in all four situations: “Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.” Always the following verses details how God’s delivers them with an unfailing love. Again another verse repeats itself: “Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” 

Many perceive the first repeated verse is meant to imply God will always come save you if you ask him. I agree, if you call upon God in your darkest hour, he will come with love overflowing regardless of the reason why or how you got there. Many perceive the second repeated verse is meant to imply after God saves you; you should thank him. I disagree; it is common sense someone helps you out of tight spot you are grateful and express some form of gratitude. I believe the second verse is telling us repeatedly to be grateful God’s eternal goodness provided wonderful works long before we dared to call upon God to forgive us and save us from our folly. Regardless of our circumstances good or bad; we should perceive God’s wondrous works of love; we should cry out our appreciation without expectation God need give us anything more!