May 12th

May 12th -- Psalm 1 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%201&version=NLT)

Not gonna' sum this one up - you may go read it.

I needed this chapter so much today. I've had a swamp-load of work, and people keep throwing more on. I would have had more time to do it all except that I spent half of Saturday volunteering at a farm and I taught Sunday School this morning, so as much as having the extra hours to work would have been great, I couldn't. However, in both of those things, I was doing them for God. I was loving my neighbour as myself when I volunteered on the farm, and I was teaching children about God, which we are commanded about in the Bible (one example is Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."). So, it could be said I was "delighting in the law of the Lord". Now, I kind of panicked earlier about all the work I had to do, and was worrying I may not finish. I feel better now - as this verse promises, those who delight in God's laws are " like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do." So basically I see this as when what you are doing is for God, because you then stand with Him, he then stands with you. It's like a "you help me, I help you" sort of thing. Delighting in God's law may not seem like you're helping Him, but that's just about as good as witnessing gets - saying you believe something AND acting like it. So, because you are doing that for Him, He will bless you, so that you may prosper. That's quite comforting, when you realize that means that when you are putting Him first, all else will fall into place.

That's all! God bless! Shalom!