January 1, 2001
I am determined to learn more and more about God's character every day this year; specifically to see the scriptures more deeply and catch new glimpses of God. You being my friends will reap the benefit of this because the more I share things the more deeply rooted in my heart they will be.
This comes from a scripture I saw this morning and am determined to pray about daily for myself. I am praying that God will open my eyes to either see things I never saw before, or to see them more deeply.
"Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law." Psalm 119:18
".. you stoop down to make me great." Psalm 18:35b
I am humbled by the thought that God stoops down to pay any attention to me at all but what caught my heart this morning was that his intention is to make me great! That he will lower himself to work in this world in my life specifically to help me be my absolute best! What an astounding thought!
I looked in a commentary for amusement (and because I'm just nerdy that way*) and it's explanation is different and very cool so I'll share that too.
Ps 18:35
[And thy gentleness hath made me great] Margin, "or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me." The word here rendered gentleness, evidently means here favor, goodness, kindness. It commonly means humility, modesty, as applied to men; as applied to God, it means mildness, clemency, favor. The idea is, that God had dealt with him in gentleness, kindness, clemency, and that to this fact alone he owed all his prosperity and success in life. It was not by any claim which he had on God; it was by no worth of his own; it was by no native strength or valor that he had been thus exalted, but it was wholly because God had dealt kindly with him, or had showed him favor. So all our success in life is to be traced to the favor-the kindness-of God. (from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft)
Have a great day and a phenomenal year!!!!!!