What a Month!

This month has been a testimony to God's grace and provision. I can hardly believe it's over.


Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; 
   sing the glory of his name;
   give to him glorious praise. 
Say to God, ‘How awesome are your deeds!
   Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you. 
All the earth worships you;
   they sing praises to you,
   sing praises to your name.’
          Selah 

I cannot possibly begin to immuerate all the things He did for me this month, from an exact amount of money needed for me to do some things appearing at just the right time, to a number of prayers being answered all I can say is

Come and see what God has done:
   he is awesome in his deeds among mortals. 
He turned the sea into dry land;
   they passed through the river on foot.
There we rejoiced in him, 
   who rules by his might for ever,
whose eyes keep watch on the nations—
   let the rebellious not exalt themselves.
          Selah 

Bless our God, O peoples,
   let the sound of his praise be heard, 
who has kept us among the living,
   and has not let our feet slip. 


As far as I am concerned His mercy endures forever. He promised me He would care for me and my son and has never let me down. Even when I was busily screwing up and herding cats, He was letting me do what I did and yet...And yet preserving His Name regardless of me.

For you, O God, have tested us;
   you have tried us as silver is tried. 
You brought us into the net;
   you laid burdens on our backs; 
you let people ride over our heads;
   we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place. 
I will come into your house with burnt-offerings;
   I will pay you my vows, 
those that my lips uttered
   and my mouth promised when I was in trouble. 
I will offer to you burnt-offerings of fatlings,
   with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats.
          Selah 

I don't have a lot to give back to Him, but everything I have He gave me so how can I refuse to give my own "mite"? How selfish and ungrateful am I to even do that? I look around and see nothing but blessing!

Come and hear, all you who fear God,
   and I will tell what he has done for me. 
I cried aloud to him,
   and he was extolled with my tongue. 
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
   the Lord would not have listened. 
But truly God has listened;
   he has given heed to the words of my prayer. 
Blessed be God,
   because he has not rejected my prayer
   or removed his steadfast love from me.

Truly God has listened to me, but not through any goodness I possess. Only His mercy and grace has gotten me through this month. Heck through this YEAR. This has been one of the hardest, if not THE hardest I have experienced. Amazingly enough however all I have done this year is gain while in other hard years all I did was lose. I have seen the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living

Thank you, Father. Please continue to have mercy on me, a sinner.

Relevant Reading
Psalm 66
Psalm 27
Isaiah 54
Ruth 3:11