Worship Wednesday: Holding On

I don't have a lot to say today. It has taken all of my strength these last couple of days to be in a right spirit before the Lord and everyone else. It's definitely been a struggle. However, I do want to share one of my favorite Psalms and a worship song that I have kept going back to these last few days.

Psalm 103 is full of such wonderful, comforting truths, and it is a good way to get your heart focused on worshiping the Lord. It has been a balm to my weary soul many times, and today is no exception.

Psalm 103

A psalm of David.

1 Let all that I am praise the Lord;

with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.

2 Let all that I am praise the Lord;

may I never forget the good things he does for me.

3 He forgives all my sins

and heals all my diseases.

4 He redeems me from death

and crowns me with love and tender mercies.

5 He fills my life with good things.

My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

6 The Lord gives righteousness

and justice to all who are treated unfairly.

7 He revealed his character to Moses

and his deeds to the people of Israel.

8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful,

slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

9 He will not constantly accuse us,

nor remain angry forever.

10 He does not punish us for all our sins;

he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.

11 For his unfailing love toward those who fear him

is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.

12 He has removed our sins as far from us

as the east is from the west.

13 The Lord is like a father to his children,

tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

14 For he knows how weak we are;

he remembers we are only dust.

15 Our days on earth are like grass;

like wildflowers, we bloom and die.

16 The wind blows, and we are gone—

as though we had never been here.

17 But the love of the Lord remains forever

with those who fear him.

His salvation extends to the children’s children

18 of those who are faithful to his covenant,

of those who obey his commandments!

19 The Lord has made the heavens his throne;

from there he rules over everything.

20 Praise the Lord, you angels,

you mighty ones who carry out his plans,

listening for each of his commands.

21 Yes, praise the Lord, you armies of angels

who serve him and do his will!

22 Praise the Lord, everything he has created,

everything in all his kingdom.

Let all that I am praise the Lord.

How comforting to know that He understands our weaknesses and does not deal harshly with us! What a good, loving, and gentle God He is!

This is the worship song that I have had on repeat for the last couple of days. It is a great reminder to hold on to the fact that our God is in control and that we can live and rest in the freedom that that truth brings.

Rest

By Bluetree

Be still in the presence of the Lord,

    and wait patiently for him to act.

Don’t worry about evil people who prosper

    or fret about their wicked schemes.

Day by day the Lord takes care of the innocent,

    and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever.

They will not be disgraced in hard times;

    even in famine they will have more than enough.

The Lord directs the steps of the godly.

    He delights in every detail of their lives.

Though they stumble, they will never fall,

    for the Lord holds them by the hand.

Once I was young, and now I am old.

    Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned

    or their children begging for bread.

Psalm 37: 7, 18-19, 23-25 NLT