Many beautiful thoughts in today's reading...
Especially meaningful to me is, "The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich and he added no sorrow to it." (Prov. 10:22)
In the past, I remember thinking about certain things, "I don't understand....If this is of the Lord, why does it cause so much wounding and pain?"
However, a little further down the road I realized it was NOT of the Lord, I just thought it was of the Lord. The reality is, when it is of the Lord, it will not cause needless pain and wounding. Pain of growth, pain of death to self, YES, but not torturous wounding pain... So this promise is a real comfort to me as I look to the future waiting upon the Lord for His best plans...
In Psalm 90:17 we are told, "And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it."
Ellen White writes regarding this passage: "In every human being He discerned infinite possibilities. He saw men as they might be, transfigured by His grace—in “the beauty of the Lord our God.” Psalm 90:17. Looking upon them with hope, He inspired hope. Meeting them with confidence, He inspired trust. Revealing in Himself man’s true ideal, He awakened, for its attainment, both desire and faith. In His presence souls despised and fallen realized that they still were men, and they longed to prove themselves worthy of His regard. In many a heart that seemed dead to all things holy, were awakened new impulses. To many a despairing one there opened the possibility of a new life." (Education, p. 80)
When He sees infinite possibilities, let's not settle for less! Our God is good and He knows what He's doing in our lives. He knows where He is leading...
Tomorrow's Reading: Prov. 11-12 and Col. 3
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