My Book of Psalms

What overwhelming relief, that my suffering is brief strength in my weakness courage in my fear hope in my struggles peace in my chaos faith in my doubts confidence in the unknown "Be still," He calls and the wind obeys Him "Be still," He calls and my anxiety ceases Awed and amazed I rejoice Even before I hear his voice I know he calls me "My beloved," He calls "I'm coming, Father!" my heart leaps

Your Ways YHWH, you have your way Your ways are high above my ways Your plan is always better Thank you! For taking control When I had no idea where I was going you guided me When I knocked on locked doors you illuminated the hallway full of other doors When I wandered off and found myself lost, you shone the stars in the sky to remind me who you are When I focused on you my path became straight I no longer got lost in twists and turns.  I found my way in you,  Actually. I found your way.  Your way is better than I ever could’ve imagined.  God, forgive me for being upset when my plans were spoiled.  Your plans blew mine out of the water If my plans were good yours were excellence and perfection You somehow find ways to give me what I want but in a way better than what I asked You truly are a good, good father You know your children better than they know themselves You are incredible! You are love. We are loved.  Th...

YHWH, I am unsure where you want me to go. I know my wants and I know what “makes sense” but I don’t care about either of them. I only care what you desire for me. I know your ways are higher than my ways and I know my heart is the most deceitful of all things and I know that my thoughts are nothing like your thoughts. I can have my mind and my heart arguing in circles forever but I don’t care to hear either of their ideas unless You want me to. I know that I can trust You and You alone. I’m giving you control. My days belong to you.  I am distracted chasing my own tail.  I’m unsure of my path. I’m sure of Yours. Well, I’m sure of it’s goodness. I am unsure of its direction or duration. Show me just the next best step. Give me my daily bread. Just enough shade to rest from the heat. You are my provider. You are my life. You are sufficient. More than that. Yet exactly enough at exactly the right time. Not wasting yet abundant. Your paradoxes amaze me.  I worry too m...

The LORD is my song YHWH, you are my song.  You are the reason I sing You are the song that I sing You are the music of the universe You are the breath in my lungs  You are the words I lift up You are the cries of my heart You are the melody throughout creation You are the composer of this tune You are the notes strung in order You are the the superfluous jazzy chords You are the hum on my tongue You are the best in my heart You are the movement of our dances You are the symphony of unity YHWH, You are my song. 

“You’ll even walk unharmed among the fiercest powers of darkness, trampling every one of them beneath your feet!” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭91:13‬ ‭TPT‬ My fears are an ocean. Drowning me in raging waves Tossing me from side to side Pulling me to their depths Ripping at my limbs Filling my lungs Taking my breath But Jesus brings peace to the sea He speaks calm in calamity Here He comes walking on the waves Inviting me to walk above my fears Standing firm in faith My hand in His I cannot sink He calls me out to deep waters My trust is in Him My hope is in Him

Wow Words cannot express the emotion bursting from within me "Joy like a fountain" I never understood My skin tingles with excitement Chills run up and down my spine My smile refuses to fade Laughter sits in my throat waiting to jump out Tears (TEARS?!?) burn in my eyes YHWH you are so good! Screams and shouts beg to escape my lips My heart races, not with anxiety My lungs get too excited to hesitate for the next breath My body longs to dance and leap in excitement My mind races with victorious laps The battle is yours, not ours Hell trembles in fear beneath my feet I stomp my feet and clap my hands This is not happiness This is joy More than that This is overjoyed YHWH you have taken the little that I have given and made it great My tears of surrender are well worth this treasure I have Light has pierced darkness that once overwhelmed me I was overwhelmed Now I am overjoyed I am refreshed, I am made new, I am restless God, take this and use it Yo...