I didn't really think that carrying a bible with me everywhere I go would do so much. Today, being my second day, I didn't expect anything out of the ordinary. To day was extraordinary. This morning I see I have a voice mail on my phone from an unknown number. I listen to it and, to my surprise, I was told I won the Daymark/Patchwork poster contest. My piece of art would be distributed and placed all over West Virginia. God also blessed me with a reward. $80 in gift cards for art stores. I know God has an amazing plan with the money I was rewarded. Praise the Lord and take the challenge!
Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
— Psalm 119:18 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
From our perspective of grace and having been liberated from law-keeping as a means of justification and righteousness, this is a very fitting prayer. We can look around our world and see the anarchy and brutality when there is no principle of law undergirding the soul of a society. God's law provided so many wonderful blessings, and can still bless us today if we will let it. But the greatest blessing of the O.T. Law is Jesus, in whom all of God's promises find their fulfillment.
My Prayer...
Holy Father, thank you for your righteousness. I know that you will dispense justice and settle all injustice when you judge the earth. This gives me comfort because I know that through Jesus, you see me as your righteous child. My prayer today is that I can live in a way that brings honor to you and reflects the character of your Son when he walked this earth. In his name, Jesus my Lord and Messiah, I pray. Amen.
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