This morning's verse... (UPDATE: and song)

Yep. Two days in a row in my quest to get back to regular, consistent Bible reading (hey, one day at a time!)!

This morning the reading selection from the Old Testament included Psalm 59, and these verses really continue the theme I began yesterday:

But I will sing of Your strength;
   I will sing aloud of Your steadfast love in the morning.
For You have been to me a fortress
   and a refuge in the day of my distress.

O my Strength, I will sing praises to You,
   for You, O God, are my fortress,
    the God who shows me steadfast love.

And Third Day does it again with their song, "Born Again":

Today I found myself,
After searching all these years,
And the man that I saw,
He wasn't at all who I'd thought He'd be,

I was lost when You found me here,
And I was broken beyond repair,
Then You came along and sang Your song over me

Chorus 1

It feels like I'm born again
It feels like I'm living
For the very first time
For the very first time,
In my life

Verse 2

Make a promise to me now,
Reassure my heart somehow,
That the love that I feel,
is so much more real than anything
[Born Again Lyrics On http://www.elyricsworld.com/ ]
I've a feeling in my soul,
And I pray that I'm not wrong,
That the life I have now,
It is only the beginning

Chorus 2

It feels like I'm born again
It feels like I'm living
For the very first time
For the very first time

It feels like I'm breathing
It feels like I'm moving
For the very first time
For the very first time

Bridge

I wasn't looking for something that was more,
Than what I had yesterday,
Then You came to me,
Then You gave to me,
Life and a love that I've never known,
That I've never felt before

Final Chorus

It feels like I'm born again
It feels like I'm living
For the very first time
I'm living for the first time

It feels like I'm breathing
It feels like I'm moving
For the very first time
I'm living for the first time,
In my life

Comments

[James Atticus Bowden]

1.

Sorry if I didn't read about your angst earlier.

When you are born again with the indwelling Holy Spirit in your physical body, you enter a new personal relationship with God.

Yet, every day is like being born again in that relationship. From rising to resting we live. One day at a time. All day we choose to be close to God or separate ourselves by every thought, word and deed.

Every day alive is a rebirth to do it - live, worship, praise, love - better. Every day.

[Kat]

2.

LOL! Oh, no worries, JAB... Just some things I needed to work out, and really a bit of an issue that keeps coming up in my life (my "besetting sin"?)

God's grace has always been very evident in my life, and one thing I CAN and DO is live a grateful life, very much aware of His abundant kindnesses to me. MY issues kick in when I'm slapped in the face (and I'm usually the one doing the slapping; God is far kinder to me) with my many imperfections.

I need to keep being reminded that God doesn't have limits: if He chose to set His love upon me (and, much to my bafflement, He has), then He will never leave me nor forsake me.

I just have trouble wrapping my mind around that...

;-)

Thanks for stopping by, though; I always enjoy reading your insights.