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13Apr09

- Tiny white and yellow wild flowers are blossoming amongst the verdant grass.

- I recall what Psalm 103:15 and 16 say of the frailty of a human's material life:

"As for man, his days are like grass,

he flourishes like a flower of the field;

the wind blows over it and it is gone,

and its place remembers it no more".

- Depressing? Yes. But note that it refers only to a person's material life.

- That is verses 15 & 16.

- In the following verse, verse 17, God's glorious Word accomplishes two things for the spiritual life of those who has put their faith in Jesus.

- First, it confirms three earlier verses - v.11-13.

- Now let me personalize it to myself, ok?

v.11 - For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for Voon-Cheng in Christ Jesus who fear (worship) Him.

v.12 - As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed my transgressions from me.

v.13 - As a father has compassion on his children, so The Lord has compassion on Voon-Cheng who fear (worship) Him.

- These three verses speak of and confirms His love, His grace, and The Finished Work of Christ Jesus at calvary for me, already and always.

- And, secondly, verse 17 proclaims His eternal favour and blessings on me through, again, The Finished Work of Christ Jesus.

- Verse 17 declares:

"But from everlasting to everlasting,

The Lord's love is with Voon-Cheng who fear (worship) Him,

and His righteousness with my children's children (family)!"

- O, what a divine assurance - from everlasting to everlasting ...

His love and righteousness is with me and my family!

- It is of little wonder, then, that the psalm concluded with "praise The Lord, O my soul!"

- And I too, conclude my entry for today: Praise The Lord, O my soul!

- That's my thanksgiving for He who blesses me for simply putting my faith in Jesus!

- The grace and shalom-peace of God in Christ Jesus be on you, today and always.