February 10, 2012

Journal Entry #2 Over the past few weeks Audrey and I have set a goal for each week. The first one we did was to run 29 miles in the week of my birthday. Boom, done. The second one for the second week was to do a Body Rock Workout everyday of the week. Boom, done. This week the goal has been to read Psalm 46 at least once a day and to memorize the entire Psalm. Reading the Psalm has been accomplished so far, the memorizing part is still in the works, but we do have until Sunday. Not gonna lie this week has been a hard one. There have been some things that have happened that just haven't been very good. But Psalm 46 has been a beacon of hope and light through some of the darkness. Here is a question for you, just play along with me. Did God make this week harder because we were reading Psalm 46, or did God know this week was going to be hard and He have us Psalm 46 for something to hold onto through it all? I don't know the answer. Here is Psalm 46: God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Come and see what the Lord has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. He says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. (Psalm 46:1-11 NIV) Thank You Lord for Your Promises.