a quiet moment

These past couple days have been busy!  It seemed like the latter half of this week I was running from one activity to the other, without a break.  My days kinda looked like this: wake up, run errands, go to scheduled activity of the day, get home, make dinner, put Jaden to bed, go to bed myself and wake up and do it all over again the next day.  And even though today's saturday, we spent the morning running errands and I am only now sitting down!  Ever have days or weeks like that?

Right now, I have a few minutes of quiet.  The Lord's put these verses on my heart this week, and I'm just kinda meditating on them.

 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits; who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases; who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things. ~Psalm 103:2-5

The middle of these verses strikes me: "...who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies".  I love that!  The Lord is my rescuer!  He has lifted me out of my despair, my darkness, my sin.  He has washed me in His blood and has clothed me in love and mercy. 

I want this truth to settle deep into my heart.  I want to wrap myself in it.  The Lord has redeemed me.  He has saved me. He has restored me.  And He has given me new life!

So when the days come that are busy, or when life slows to a crawl, or even if it's just mundane regular everyday life, I want to bless the Lord.  He has forgiven.  He has healed.  He has redeemed.  And He loves.