SSMT: Verse 11

June 1 ALREADY. Can you believe it?

Time for a new verse, and I won't lie to you...this one scared me. I noticed a few weeks ago that the verses I've studied and memorized this year have carried a definite theme of my life with them this year. God has uncovered each one in perfect timing and it's so beautiful to go back and see what He's unfolded in my daily life alongside each verse I've committed to memory.

So I was particularly curious to see what He'd lead me to this time. I think it's a good one.

The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;

your love, O Lord, endures forever -

do not abandon the works of your hands.

Psalm 138:8

God has been doing a work in me lately. I'm not trying to keep it a secret from you. (Don't you hate it when people get all vague on blogs and make you figure out what they're saying between the lines?) I would tell you if I knew what it was. I don't. Not yet anyway. But I believe He's moving and working and shaping...and in that, He is about to fulfill a purpose. And that is such a beautiful hope.

Here's something I love about this verse. You know how the word love has about a billion (give or take a million) definitions? This one is "to be merciful...faithful...kind." What a balm to my heart those words have become!

This week has been one in which my mind has gone every conceivable direction about every conceivable topic. I went out to run and pray the other night and finally just stopped and told God I didn't even know how to pray because my thoughts were too scattered. It was a good thing He's God because otherwise I bet even HE would have been confused.

But in my "ooh look! shiny object!" praying, I rested in the comfort of this verse. His love is merciful. It's faithful. It's kind. And I need that right now. I need that part of His character. He's got one flawed girl on His hands and yet He's choosing to promise to fulfill a purpose in her. I love that.

And I can't wait to see how He does this!