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Feb212007
A firm place (Updated)
February 21, 2007
Today I am getting ready to go visit with my Grandparents, and have to skip off to the office now (on the other side of the Land) to play with numbers (like a child, right?) and documents and endless sheets of paper, so I want to quote something that I find to be very profound.
When I thought, "My foot slips," your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
Psalm 94 verses 18,19
How many of us have thought, "I'm slipping," and have looked around wildly, trying to find a firm place? I have, I know, many times, only to find that I'm not, really, because steadfast love is holding me up, is holding me together. And how many times have wild anxieties threatened to overwhelm us, only to be answered by the consolations of a gentle Father?
May today find you delighting in your meditations and your consolations.
Update: Later as I was thinking of this again, I remembered a day when Chinua and I sat in a hot little room on an Indian island, trying to write a song with these words in it. I had my little Indian violin, and he had his guitar, and we were stuffed full of papaya, trying to keep cool under the fan. Even back then, maybe six years ago, I loved this verse, and these words spoke to me. I think it was because I can always look back at times in my life and realize: I thought I was slipping, thought I was about to go off the edge, but God's unshakable love always supported me.  Even when I couldn't see it.Â
When I thought, "My foot slips," your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
Psalm 94 verses 18,19
How many of us have thought, "I'm slipping," and have looked around wildly, trying to find a firm place? I have, I know, many times, only to find that I'm not, really, because steadfast love is holding me up, is holding me together. And how many times have wild anxieties threatened to overwhelm us, only to be answered by the consolations of a gentle Father?
May today find you delighting in your meditations and your consolations.
Update: Later as I was thinking of this again, I remembered a day when Chinua and I sat in a hot little room on an Indian island, trying to write a song with these words in it. I had my little Indian violin, and he had his guitar, and we were stuffed full of papaya, trying to keep cool under the fan. Even back then, maybe six years ago, I loved this verse, and these words spoke to me. I think it was because I can always look back at times in my life and realize: I thought I was slipping, thought I was about to go off the edge, but God's unshakable love always supported me.  Even when I couldn't see it.Â
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Reader Comments (6)
thanx rae I love psalms,
we all have slips, it's great to have strong words of health and wellbeing to lighten the load, and gladden the spirit~
you are wonderful:)
It makes me so thankful to be reminded that He hasn't moved-even when I don't FEEL Him, He's still right here. Hindsight really is 20/20, isn't it? It's always so clear to me afterwards that what I felt to be true at the time was definitely not "truer" than who He is or what His Word tells me.
That is an awesome verse dear Rae Rae - thanks for sharing it. I beautiful verse to meditate on because He is so faithful! He is so good - He is the perfect Father! Have fun with your grandparents!
Rachel, this is the first time I've checked out your blog, and this truth is just what I needed to hear...going through that slipping feeling time. I need to believe more that His love truly is holding me up.
Thank you for sharing those verses! The cares of my own heart have indeed been many these past few weeks, and I am so grateful for His consolation--and people such as yourself who point Him out.
Have a blessed weekend!
i love your blog Rae. i love the psalms so much. it seems that there is always a psalm [an sometimes more than a psalm] for every mood and day.
i found ur blog recently when i was missing my husband so much and i googled 'missing my husband' and found your blog about missing ur superstar husband when he travelled.
i have found God's grace during this period and even though i'm faced with the uncertainty of when i'll be with him again, i am challenged to put all my cares on him and he helps me live each day as they come.
:)