PSALM 2 { Merry Christmas :) }

Want to say Merry Christmas to everyone!! :)

Today I'm reading from PSALM 2, It's a tad longer then yesterday, but I'm gunna go for it!!
Let's see...


PSALM 2
" Why do the nations rebel and the people plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and His Anointed One: "Let us tear off their chains and free ourselves from their restraints." The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord ridicules them. Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath: "I have consecrated My King on Zion, My holy mountain," I will declare this is the Lord's decree: He said to Me, "You are My Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of Me, and I will make nations You inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession. You will break them with a rod of iron; You will shatter them like pottery." So now kings, be wise; receive instruction, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with reverential awe, and rejoice with trembling. Pay homage to the Son, or He will be angry, and you will perish in your rebellion, for His anger may ignite at any moment. All those who take refuge in Him are happy."


I feel like these are some pretty heavy verses. I can definitely see how someone who has not learned enough about God, or someone who hasn't read enough of the Bible could read this chapter and say that God is just an angry God punishing the people he created.
But He Loves us. He sees what we have made of His creation and it upsets Him because he wants SO much better for us. When I do things that are against His will for my life and for my own flesh and desires I can see why that makes Him angry, and it's righteous anger! If I were to paint a huge painting, and it was my best work, I put all I had into it, and gave it as much thought possible and it was PERFECT, and FLAWLESS, then someone were to come along and completely ruin it, cut it, slice it, smear dirt on it, etc etc right before my eyes.......I would be angry. I'm pretty sure anyone would be angry. That is the picture that comes to my mind when reading this. Unfortunately, being the sinners that we are we have destroyed the perfect world that God has created. We make unwise decision. We decide off of what WE want not what GOD wants and that's where the ruin comes in.
But thankfully He sent His Son. Jesus Christ. to die for us and erase ALL of the ruin....ALL of it!!!!!
HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT!?
That is what we're celebrating at this time of year, what we should actually celebrate every day of the year. God came down to earth as a child and grew up among us, living a perfect life, and paid the ultimate price just so we could be with him forever.
So in knowing all that, I cannot see God as an angry God in heaven punishing us. I can only know that He loves me more than I will or can ever truly understand and He wants me. He wants to be with me, and when I  let things get in the way of that and reject that Love....He has a reason to be angry. But everyday I will try to "take refuge in Him" and abide in His Word and Psalm 2 tells me that if I do that I will be happy :)

A Psalm A Day

I wanted to start out simple, so I figured I'd start with a Psalm each day.
Psalm is a favorite of mine and many others. It is powerful no matter what situation!

One Sentence Summary of Psalm: God, the true and glorious King, is worthy of all praise and prayer, thanksgiving, and confidence-whatever the occasion in personal or community life.

So, let's get the party started and look at Psalm 1!

PSALM 1:1-6
"How happy is the man who does not follow advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join a group of mockers! Instead, his delight is in the Lord's instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. He is like a tree planted beside streams of water that bears its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. The wicked are not like this; instead, that are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgement, and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin."


-Oh, how I have experienced both of these ways. One thing about my life that I share is that God has blessed me with the greatest group of friends that I could ever ask for. Seriously. I don't know what I would do without them. Going to college I have made more, but the core of my friendships lie with my friends from high school. Those four girls have helped me so much and I consider myself lucky to have been given the opportunity to get to know them. They are some of the Godliest girls I know, and it has been so awesome to watch each of us grow over time, especially in our individual relationships with God. I have never had to worry about getting bad advice from them because I've always known that I can go to any one of my friends and God speaks through them!
One problem I have come across is sometimes, instead of going directly to Christ, I will go directly to my friends with my concerns, worries, questions, feelings, thoughts, news, etc etc. While I know that that is healthy to do, I have realized that God does not seek to be second in my life. He should be first. My friends should come second.
My delight should come from the words of my God, not primarily from the words of my friends.
That is one reason why I really wanted to start this blog because it says right there in verse 2, delight comes from the Lord's instruction...meditate on it day and night. That is my goal.
I love the picture Psalm 1 paints about the tree beside the stream, being replenished and fed. That is exactly how I want my life to look.
Too many times have I let myself be like chaff blowing away in the wind, dry and unrooted. I want to take root in His Word and like a stream constantly flows and filters, God will constantly filter my life and my thoughts and I know that being consistent will bring me closer to Him than I ever have before. My joy for life will only become greater. My love for Him will only become greater. My love for others will only become greater.

In the Beginning...

Here we go...

Hi! I'm Becca!
I wanted to start a blog to go along with my quiet times I have each day. I love spending time in the Word, but often I find I either tell myself I am too busy or I simply just go to bed without even thinking about it.I wanted to improve in that area and so I thought "Hey! What the heck? Start a blog and keep yourself accountable!"
So here I am.
What I want to do is each night spend the time going through a chapter or a few verses and publish them on here. Then just write down some thoughts or prayers that I have while reading. I wanted to have a reason to have my quiet time and I felt like this would be a cool way to grow closer with God AND share it with others!
I feel like this will be a great experience and I'm very excited about it!!
I think it helps to write out thoughts and questions because I, personally, feel like I gain much more out of what I read.
Hopefully it will do the same for you!! Whoever you are. :)
So here goes nothing...