Brightening Your Day

Psalm 139

“O Lord, You have searched me

And You know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;

You perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;

You are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue

You know it completely, O Lord.

You hem me in – behind and before;

You had laid Your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.

Too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Where can I flee from Your presence?

If I go up to the Heavens, You are there;

If I make my bed in the depths, You are there.

If I rise on the wings on the dawn 

If I settle on the far side of the sea,

Even there Your hand will guide me,

Your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me

And the light become night around me,’

Even the darkness will not be dark to You;

The night will shine like the day,

For darkness is as light to You. 

For You created my inmost being;

You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from You

When I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

Your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me

Were written in Your book

Before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them,

They would outnumber the grains of sand.

When I awake,

I am still with You.”

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I absolutely love this passage, and I think it's because reading this just really lets us all know how well God knows and loves us.

 He knows every detail in our lives, he knew us before we were here, and he knows exactly how our lives will unfold.

I think at times we're afraid to let people completely get to know us because we fear that someone might find something about us they won't like, but God already knows everything. He's with us - loving, protecting, and guiding us through every situation and trial in our lives.

Isn't it a good feeling to know that God knew each of us before He even made us?!

 He planned what each of us would look like, what families we would be planted in, if we would marry, how many children we would have, and exactly how each detail in our lives will play out.

 Before we could know God, He deeply cared and loved us, and it's a greater love than any of us could even understand.

So, when you're having a not so great day, and maybe you're stressed or feeling discouraged,
 just know that God loves you so so much, and that really should just brighten your day.

It's amazing to think that the God of the universe, the one who created the heavens and the earth, the one who has the power to bring the dead to life, to turn water into wine, who walked on water and fed 5,000 people actually knows your every step.

He hems you in behind and before, and

He delights in you!

He Delights in Me!!

Oh, how I miss the blogging world! ;D

I've been so busy, but I'm going to start blogging more often!

I just have more to say on a Saturday because I have less on my mind.

Last night I totally lost track of time, and it was about 2:45am. before I stopped studying for Psychology.

Anyway, after I got in bed I was just laying there, and I was tired, but I just needed some bible reading! :)

I opened up to this,

Psalm 18:19 He brought me out into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

Reading that just really made me feel special to think that God delights in me!

That's amazing!

Thinking about that  makes me want to glorify Him more!

 It makes me want to spread His greatness to the people I'm around who don't have Him in their lives because God is the ultimate joy!

I've had to hear from  so many rebellious hearts in both my PSY class, and especially my English class.

I have let it be known that I'm a Christian. Both classes know I'm a P.K. (preachers kid) and just today  my teacher asked me what my school day looks like because she knows I'm home schooled. I told her that the first thing I do every day is scripture reading.

 I don't regret telling her that, but I think it annoyed her  because she stopped making eye contact, and totally stopped listening to me... I mean, she asked... hehee

I know for a fact that neither of my teachers are Christian. For example, today my teacher asked the class what they thought was  a good way to relax, and this guy said "prayer" and she said "naaah, how about meditation."

She also believes that palmists are "on to something" 

Well, in my English class this girl started slamming Christians.

We were talking about things that annoy us, the girl, who I have never heard speak out in class, and so this surprized me, said

 "You know what REALLY bugs me?!? CHRISTIANS!! I mean, they are SO hypocritical!

They think they are soooo spiritual, but they're just as bad as us! They gossip, curse, dress the way they say is bad to dress, and they think they are all perfect, and that's just rude!"

I was stunned! Almost funny... ok, it was funny! But still, I was shocked!

Then the teacher went on with her talking bad about Christians.

 I didn't know what to say!

 I had just been thinking that morning about how I wanted to glorify God, and I was stumped!

I mean, in a small way they're right.

We christians aren't perfect.

We sin, but we know we need Jesus to cover our sins.

Not only would I be a sinner without God. I'd be a joy-less hopeless sinner.

That's really sad, and only gives me compassion for her!

I still wanted to say something, but... what about my grades! haha Just kidding!

The truth is, I didn't know what to say.

It wasn't that I was afraid, I just didn't think it was good timing.

 What do you think I should say in situations like that?

Should I maybe just be quiet and pray for them?

I'm really looking forward to this semester! I can't wait to see how God uses me. He might just be using this time to draw me closer to Him. Either way, its just exciting!