A Morning with David and Jeremiah

MY MEDITATION

Blessed is the man

Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

Nor stands in the path of sinners,

Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

And in His law he meditates day and night.

He shall be like a tree

Planted by the rivers of water,

That brings forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also shall not wither;

And whatever he does shall prosper.

         

The ungodly are not so,

But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

         

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,

But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

~ Psalm 1

Cursed is the man who trusts in man

And makes flesh his strength,

Whose heart departs from the LORD.

For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,

And shall not see when good comes,

But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,

In a salt land which is not inhabited.

      

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,

And whose hope is the LORD.

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,

Which spreads out its roots by the river,

And will not fear when heat comes;

But its leaf will be green,

And will not be anxious in the year of drought,

Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

      

The heart is deceitful above all things,

And desperately wicked;

Who can know it?

I, the LORD, search the heart,

I test the mind,

Even to give every man according to his ways,

According to the fruit of his doings.

~Jeremiah 17:5-10

photo by Liz Henderson*

MY RESPONSE

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

         Try me, and know my anxieties;

And see if there is any wicked way in me,

         And lead me in the way everlasting.

~Psalm 139:23, 24

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed;

      Save me, and I shall be saved,

      For You are my praise.

~Jeremiah 17:14

When "the year of drought" feels too familiar, too near, it is a precious thing to know that the Father responds to our cries of thirst with healing, salvation, guidance . . . with living water.

LORD, You are our praise!

~End Quote

* Thank you for the tree, my dear friend. It is quite an inspiration ~ may the LORD quench your thirst and cause you to prosper. I love you.