The Strength of my Heart

On three different occasions this past week, God gave me the opportunity to share about the trials and triumphs my family experienced in recent years. As I spoke I found myself near tears, with a renewed sense of awe. The hand of God is so beautiful!

"Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's." -Psalm 103:2-5 ESV  {SONG}

He has certainly done all of those things for me. But in Him giving me all these gifts, I've been drawn closer to the Giver. I don't just want what He has to offer, I want Him!
I'm so thankful for forgiveness. I love the Forgiver.
I'm astounded by His healing. I love the Healer.
He's redeemed me in more ways than one. I love the Redeemer.
He crowns me with love and mercy. I love the good King.
I am satisfied and renewed in Him. I love Him! 

I have had times, when this seemed my reality...

"Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength; He makes my feet like the deer's; He makes me tread on my high places."-Habakkuk 3:17-19 ESV

At times when everything seemed wrong, when I had no answers, when I was extremely weak...
He was with me. He literally was my strength. He was the only solid rock for me to stand on when my world was crumbling. He held me together in His mighty, loving hands. How could I not be absolutely in love! He Himself is enough.

"Nevertheless, I am continually with You; You hold my right hand. You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever." -Psalm 73:23-26 ESV  

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