the legs of men

Psalm 147:10 & 11

His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,

nor his delight in the legs of man;

the Lord delights in those who fear him,

who put their hope in his unfailing love.

i really don't have much time this morning.

which is indicative of how this morning has gone.

actually, how every morning this week has gone.

not that their all that bad...more disrupted.

my quiet times with the Lord have been short and interrupted.

repeatedly.

this morning as i read i came across these two verses 

and realized i've read them before in the last few weeks.

and, maybe, this is saying something.

because i literally journaled that today will be a day when i'll be offering sacrifices of praise.

it's easy to praise the Lord for all that is good when everything seems to be going right.

when the sun is shining and the birds are singing...

when the planets and stars are all aligned and the children do what they are supposed to without being asked.

this is what i consider to be the "strength of the horse" and the "legs of man".

those things that we offer up when we are in The Zone.

but then there are days when the clouds roll in,

the rain comes down,

the children are being lazy,

and we are off kilter.

nothing seems to be going right.

the computer is running slow.

the to-do list is a mile long and the dishwasher has broken.

we've run out of gas in our car and the smallest child gets out of school in five minutes

but we're at the other school talking to the principal about a problem with the oldest child.

i am having one of those days.

and it's sunday.

always on sunday.

but...

(i LOVE the 'but' because it's about Jesus)

the realization is slowly dawning that my God is bigger than all those things.

that in the midst of the difficulties He wants me to stop and look up.

to see Him, to thank Him, to praise Him in the midst of all that.

to delight in Him is to wait a moment,

to remember what He's done and to say thank you for it.

it's to remember that His plans, ways and thoughts are immensely bigger than mine.

that He delights in ME when i see that my husband noticed the windows down on my car and puts them up for me and i appreciate him for it instead of belittling myself for forgetting.

He delights in ME when i bring my child in close, kiss them on the cheek and tell them i love them deeply despite the chores not being done.

He delights in ME when i raise my voice in praise to Him even when i feel like i'm drowning in the long list of things that need to be done but aren't because small crises pull me away from it.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,

so that Christ's power may rest on me.

That is why, for Christ's sake, 

I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.

For when I am weak, then I am strong.

it's an amazing thing that happens when we fall at the feet of our Jesus

with tears and whispers of insufficiency.

a cry for mercy and help.

for when we know that He loves us we know that when He says He'll never leave us nor forsake us in the things we are struggling with.

and now i must go eat breakfast.

may the God of the universe be found in your heart today.

xo,

~ h