Inhaling His Whispers of Rich Grace

  For the four chief gatekeepers who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.  And they spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning.                                                                                                             I Chronicles 9:26-27 Morning by morning, the gatekeepers were given the charge to open the house of God.  Every morning. Today, God's mercies are new every morning. Lamentations 3:22-23  Every morning I am in charge of whether I open the day to receive the morning mercies that God is ready to giv...

  I waited patiently for the Lord and He inclined to me, and heard my cry.  He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.  And He put a new song in  my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear, and will trust in the Lord.  Psalm 40:1-3 In this broken world, we are handed things that we would rather not receive...  - a health diagnosis - a layoff on a job - rejection, betrayal -  whether it be a spouse, one's child, or friend - death to a dream, the loss of a loved one You put in your hard and you know the wrestle, the crying out to God, the pit of destruction, the miry clay. Waiting patiently is not antsy or twiddling your thumbs, it actually means intently.  We look to Him, the One who can rescue. The issue is, our rescue may not look anything like we humans think it should.  Our perspective is so different and our framework often not the ways ...