Good Words from the Word

 A couple of days ago I found myself taking screen shots of multiple verses and quotes on Instagram because I needed the reminders they provided. Do you ever have days like that? Days when you feel like you just keep running into all the right words at just the right time? 

One of those verses that came across my feed that day was Psalm 143:8, which says, "Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life."

Earlier this week, as you know, I had a salon appointment at 8 in the morning. When I opened the back gate to head to the parking lot, I caught the most beautiful sunrise coming up behind the building. I don't normally see the sunrise, because we keep the blinds shut on that side of our apartment to increase our privacy. 

But there it was, all breathtaking and glowing over the snowy yard. And as I drove toward the salon, I caught glimpses of the huge golden sun shooting up into the sky, over the horizon. And I thought of that very view when I read those words from Psalm 143. God's unfailing love - present and accounted for in that beautiful sunrise. His unfailing love is just as constant in the surplus of gray and seemingly nondescript days we've had lately, but there's something about the sun that always reminds me of His presence and goodness.

It was also a good reminder that the God who can be trusted to keep the earth spinning on its axis can be trusted with every single detail of my life. 

I was also reminded that God alone shows me the way I should go. As we work with our tenants and seek to find the methods that work best for each of them, it takes the intervention of God's wisdom and mercy. Our ideas run dry, but His don't. He plants in our minds the inspiration we need to move ahead, and I'm grateful for it. 

I'm so thankful that verse popped up when I needed it most. I'm so grateful that even when I falter, God is unchanging and trustworthy in all things.