Is that You, Lord?

A friend just emailed me to respond to one of my recent blog entries. She said something that I really liked... "Every time I ask, 'Lord is that You?' about gets confirmed and reconfirmed in random ways. All I can say is it's just so nice to hear from Him.

WOW!! How cool. She also said she settled on Psalm 25 to read about Truth. I looked it up, and wow... confirmation and reconfirmation about full trust, confidence, and reliance.

Here is the Amplified Version of Psalm 25

UNTO YOU, O Lord, do I bring my life. O my God, I trust, lean on, rely
on, and am confident in You. Let me not be put to shame or [my hope in You] be
disappointed; let not my enemies triumph over me. Yes, let none who trust
and wait hopefully and look for You be put to shame or be disappointed; let them
be ashamed who forsake the right or deal treacherously without
cause.

Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your
truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for
You [You only and altogether] do I wait [expectantly] all the day
long. Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercy and loving-kindness; for they
have been ever from of old. Remember not the sins (the lapses and
frailties) of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your mercy and
steadfast love remember me, for Your goodness' sake, O Lord. Good and
upright is the Lord; therefore will He instruct sinners in [His] way.

He leads the humble in what is right, and the humble He teaches His
way. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth
and faithfulness are they for those who keep His covenant and His
testimonies. For Your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my
guilt, for [they are] great. Who is the man who reverently fears and
worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should choose. He
himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the
land.

The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they
who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal
to them its [deep, inner] meaning. My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for
He will pluck my feet out of the net. [Lord] turn to me and be gracious to
me, for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are multiplied;
bring me out of my distresses. Behold my affliction and my pain and forgive
all my sins [of thinking and doing].

Consider my enemies, for they abound; they hate me with cruel
hatred. O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed or
disappointed, for my trust and my refuge are in You. Let integrity and
uprightness preserve me, for I wait for and expect You. Redeem Israel, O
God, out of all their troubles.

It's always so nice to hear from Him. And speaking from experience, most often, all we have to do is get quiet enough to listen.

All for now,
Lisa