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"No matter where I am, your teachings fill me with songs." - Psalm 119:54 (CEV)

Friday, November 9, 2012

When it's Been One of Those Weeks and You Don't Have Anything to Say . . .


 . . . maybe it's to teach you

That it's not about having words

Or having time

Or having it all together,

But about trusting,

And blessing.

(I've been wanting to share this Matt Redman music video with all of you who are counting!)


And,

As promised,

Though slightly delayed,

My counting from the days off I was graciously provided,

Reasons 2201-2314 today,

Because I need to keep remembering

That it's not about what's going on around me,

Or even inside of me,

But about who He is,

And that He can be trusted.

With all of it.

Counting:
  1. In the morning, He hears the voice of His people (Psalm 5:3)
  2. He is not pleased with wickedness (Psalm 5:4)
  3. With Him, evil people are not welcome (Psalm 5:4)
  4. The arrogant cannot stand in His presence (Psalm 5:5)
  5. He hates all who do wrong (Psalm 5:5)
  6. He destroys those who tell lies (Psalm 5:6)
  7. He detests the bloodthirsty (Psalm 5:6)
  8. He detests the deceitful (Psalm 5:6)
  9. His love is great (Psalm 5:7)
  10. By His great love, His people can come into His house (Psalm 5:7)
  11. He blesses the righteous (Psalm 5:12)
  12. He surrounds the righteous with His favor (Psalm 5:12)
  13. He surrounds the righteous with His favor as with a shield (Psalm 5:12)
  14. He hears the weeping of His people (Psalm 6:8)
  15. He hears the cry for mercy of His people (Psalm 6:9)
  16. He accepts the prayer of His people (Psalm 6:9)
  17. His people take refuge in Him (Psalm 7:1)
  18. He is the Righteous God (Psalm 7:9)
  19. He probes minds (Psalm 7:9)
  20. He probes hearts (Psalm 7:9)
  21. He is a shield for His people (Psalm 7:10)
  22. He saves the upright in heart (Psalm 7:10)
  23. He is a Righteous Judge (Psalm 7:11)
  24. He displays His wrath every day (Psalm 7:11)
  25. If He does not relent, He will sharpen His sword (Psalm 7:12)
  26. If He does not relent, He will bend and string His bow (Psalm 7:12)
  27. He has prepared His deadly weapons (Psalm 7:13)
  28. He makes ready His flaming arrows (Psalm 7:13)
  29. He is the LORD Most High (Psalm 7:17)
  30. His name is majestic (Psalm 8:1)
  31. His name is majestic in all the earth (Psalm 8:1)
  32. He has set His glory in the heavens (Psalm 8:1)
  33. Through the praise of children and infants, He has established a stronghold against His enemies (Psalm 8:2)
  34. Through the praise of children and infants, He has established a stronghold against His enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger (Psalm 8:2)
  35. The heavens are His (Psalm 8:3)
  36. The heavens are the work of His fingers (Psalm 8:3)
  37. He set the moon and the stars in place (Psalm 8:3)
  38. He is mindful of mankind (Psalm 8:4)
  39. He cares for human beings (Psalm 8:4)
  40. He made humans a little lower than the angels (Psalm 8:5)
  41. He crowned humans with glory and honor (Psalm 8:5)
  42. He make humans rulers over the works of His hands (Psalm 8:6)
  43. He put everything on the earth under the feet of humans (Psalm 8:6-8)
  44. His deeds are wonderful (Psalm 9:1)
  45. People are glad in Him (Psalm 9:2)
  46. People rejoice in Him (Psalm 9:2)
  47. People sing the praises of His name (Psalm 9:2)
  48. The enemies of His people stumble and perish before Him (Psalm 9:3)
  49. He upholds the right of His people (Psalm 9:4)
  50. He upholds the cause of His people (Psalm 9:4)
  51. He sits enthroned (Psalm 9:4)
  52. He sits enthroned as the Righteous Judge (Psalm 9:4)
  53. He rebukes the nations (Psalm 9:5)
  54. He blots out the name of the wicked (Psalm 9:5)
  55. He blots out the name of the wicked for ever and ever (Psalm 9:5)
  56. He brings endless ruin on the enemies of His people (Psalm 9:6)
  57. He uproots the cities of the enemies of His people (Psalm 9:6)
  58. He causes even the memory of the enemies of His people to perish (Psalm 9:6)
  59. He reigns forever (Psalm 9:7)
  60. He has established His throne (Psalm 9:7)
  61. He has established His throne for judgment (Psalm 9:7)
  62. He rules the world in righteousness (Psalm 9:8)
  63. He judges the peoples with equity (Psalm 9:8)
  64. He is a refuge for the oppressed (Psalm 9:9)
  65. He is a stronghold in times of trouble (Psalm 9:9)
  66. Those who know His name trust in Him (Psalm 9:10)
  67. He has never forsaken those who seek Him (Psalm 9:10)
  68. Those who know His name trust in Him because He has never forsaken those who seek Him (Psalm 9:10)
  69. He avenges blood (Psalm 9:12)
  70. He remembers (Psalm 9:12)
  71. He does not ignore the cries of the afflicted (Psalm 9:12)
  72. Salvation is His (Psalm 9:14)
  73. He is known by His acts of justice (Psalm 9:16)
  74. He will never forget the needy (Psalm 9:18)
  75. He sees the trouble of the afflicted (Psalm 10:14)
  76. He considers the grief of the wicked (Psalm 10:14)
  77. He considers the grief of the wicked and takes it in hand (Psalm 10:14)
  78. He is the helper of the fatherless (Psalm 10:14)
  79. He is King (Psalm 10:16)
  80. He is King for ever and ever (Psalm 10:16)
  81. He hears the desire of the afflicted (Psalm 10:17)
  82. He encourages the afflicted (Psalm 10:17)
  83. He listens to the cry of the afflicted (Psalm 10:17)
  84. He defends the fatherless (Psalm 10:18)
  85. He defends the oppressed (Psalm 10:18)
  86. He defends the fatherless so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror (Psalm 10:18)
  87. He defends the oppressed so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror (Psalm 10:18)
  88. He is in His holy temple (Psalm 11:4)
  89. He is on His heavenly throne (Psalm 11:4)
  90. He observes everyone on earth (Psalm 11:4)
  91. His eyes examine everyone on earth (Psalm 11:4)
  92. He examines the righteous (Psalm 11:5)
  93. He hates the wicked with a passion (Psalm 11:5)
  94. He hates those who love violence with a passion (Psalm 11:5)
  95. He will rain fiery coals on the wicked (Psalm 11:6)
  96. He will rain burning sulfur on the wicked (Psalm 11:6)
  97. He loves justice (Psalm 11:7)
  98. He arises because the poor are plundered (Psalm 12:5)
  99. He arises because the needy groan (Psalm 12:5)
  100. He protects the poor and needy from those who malign them (Psalm 12:5)
  101. His words are flawless (Psalm 12:6)
  102. His words are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible (Psalm 12:6)
  103. His words are flawless, like gold refined seven times (Psalm 12:6)
  104. He will keep the needy safe (Psalm 12:7)
  105. He will protect His people forever from the wicked (Psalm 12:7)
  106. He will protect His people forever from the wicked who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race (Psalm 12:7-8)
  107. He is good to His people (Psalm 13:6)
  108. He looks down from heaven (Psalm 14:1)
  109. He looks down from heaven on all mankind (Psalm 14:1)
  110. He looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek Him (Psalm 14:1)
  111. He is present (Psalm 14:5)
  112. He is present in the company of the righteous (Psalm 14:5)
  113. He is the refuge for the poor (Psalm 14:6)
  114. He restores His people (Psalm 14:7)




Counting 10,000 Reasons to worship Him: 
(Sylvia's already made it to - past - 10,000!  So amazing to think of who He is like this!)

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Counting in community:


 
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2 comments:

Christina said...

This is so true: "That it's not about what's going on around me,Or even inside of me,But about who He is,And that He can be trusted." Amen!

10/11/12 22:37
Mary said...

Oh, thank you so much, Christina! Words that I need to be reminded of over and over again.

14/11/12 17:42

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