The Lord is Good ...

Monday, April 11, 2016. Sometimes we have invested a lot. We have fought. We have spent time to reach some goals. We have made efforts to help someone, have put a lot of work in. And we need rest. After the big battles in our life, we feel that we need some time off, some time to recover, some time to gain new strength.

Thanks …

In times where we feel exhausted, we sometimes dip into something like a depression. We feel that it is all too much and we have no power any more. We do not know how to do it. Can we flee? Give it all up? What to do, how to gain our little space where we can find rest and peace?

In such situation it is a great opportunity to be thankful for what we have been given. We can be thankful for the battle we were able to fight, for the work we were able to do, for the people we were able to help. We can be thankful - and leave the rest to the Lord. We do not need to control things all the time. We can do our bit, we can give our contribution, and leave it with this. Our share is done, our part is completed. Leave the rest to the Lord!

God gave us the Sunday (Sabbath) to rest. He gave us the day where all our work is stopped, where we do not continue, where we just stay with him, enjoy his mercy, his grace, his majesty. We are allowed to rest, we are even commanded to rest. It is very important.

Worship …

Worship time is a time where we look at a fantastic God. It is a time where his beauty and purity is seen, were we realize and recognize who he is. He is the eternal creator, the one who has given life to us, who made it all, animals and nature, our heart and our mind! And he wants to be our father, our friend and our king. Let us be glad, when we become aware how fantastic he is:

1 Shout to the Lord with joy, everyone on earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness. Come to him with songs of joy. 3 I want you to realize that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to him. We are his people. We are the sheep belonging to his flock. 4 Give thanks as you enter the gates of his temple. Give praise as you enter its courtyards. Give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 The Lord is good. His faithful love continues forever. It will last for all time to come. (Psalm 100)

Lord, please be my shepherd! Please be my helper and my protector. Please be my king. Fill my heart with your purity, with your beauty, with your joy. Let me be a child in your family. Let me be humble and fill me with the desire to serve and to love and to be truthful. Let me be all you have made me to be! Thank you, Lord, for your mercy. (RWEP) ... more texts