Psalm 15
Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? Those who lead blameless lives and do what it right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts. Those who refuse to slander others or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends. Those who despise persistent sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the Lord and keep their promises even when it hurts. Those who do not charge interest on the money they lend, and who refuse to accept bribes to testify against the innocent. Such people stand firm.
I’ve been reading a lot of psalms lately. I find them comforting during times of thesis (heh). Today, however, I did a double take. Yeah it’s beautiful and of course doing “what is right” is a good aspiration BUT, verse one really hit me. “Who may worship in your sanctuary?” As much as I would like it, I’m not innocent. I’ve lied, I’ve slandered, I haven’t always honored or even recognized “the faithful”. In fact, I’m kind of a jerk. Who may enter God’s presence on His holy hill? Not me (insert sad face here).
Then I remember Jesus. I remember that He gave His life so that I CAN enter into God’s presence. And now I am simply in awe.
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- Doing paperwork & muttering something about feeding the sheep & not the paper shredder… #
- PONDERING how long it would take to count to infinite. #
- THESIS UPDATE; pulled out the pretty happy colored pens to make it more fun (NOTE; praying for an attitude change is also a good move!) #
- Have realized that cousin Heather is a texting NINJA! #
- Just spent a solid 9 hours working on my thesis. I’m so proud of me! It was the prayer plus the shiny markers! #
- Did much work on thesis. Pillow calling, “Come to me for I am fluffy & soft!” #
- MUST get thesis completed by end of weekend … MUST get on with life … MUST stop singing the FLIPPER song over & over! #
- THANKING @engagedtone for her good wishes on my attempt to stop singing FLIPPER #
- WAVING “Hi” to @thekaratekid per @secretlifeofkat ’s invite. Welcome to twitterdom! #
- JUST REALIZED that nobody really cares about or will read my thesis … sniffle! #
- SINGING REALLY LOUD AND OFF-KEY because it keeps me awake while working on my thesis that no on will ever read unless I turn it into a comic #
- TRUE FACT: I’ve spent more time agonizing over this thesis than actually writing it. Looking forward to figuring out what this means psychologically (sarcasm)! #
- CURSE YOU FOR YOUR INEVITABLE BETRAYAL ENDNOTE 2X!!!! #
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