Category Archives: Uncategorized

If I would count them (God’s thoughts), they are more than the sand.    When I awake, I am still with thee. Today we think about verse 18 of Psalm 139 There are two thoughts in today’s verse, the first continues the theme of yesterday: God’s thoughts are countless and there for us to explore. In pastContinue reading “Advent Day 19”

How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God!    How vast is the sum of them! Today we look at verse 17 of Psalm 139 Read that verse again. Is it something you can truly say? What does it mean for God’s thoughts to be precious to a person? How would that person demonstrate the truthContinue reading “Advent Day 18”

Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance;    in thy book were written, every one of them,the days that were formed for me,    when as yet there was none of them. Today we read verse 16 of Psalm 139 God knows our past, He also knows our times and our days. This is not saying it is all ‘kismet’,Continue reading “Advent Day 17”

Thou knowest me right well;   my frame was not hidden from thee,when I was being made in secret,    intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. Today we look at verses 14b and15 of Psalm 139 We come from the ‘depths of the earth’, that is poetic language and means simply that our origins are deep,Continue reading “Advent Day 16”

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?    Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?8 If I ascend to heaven, thou art there!    If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there!9 If I take the wings of the morning    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,10 even there thy hand shall lead me,    and thy right hand shallContinue reading “Advent Day 15”

I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful.    Wonderful are thy works! Today we focus on verse 14a of Psalm 139 Praise is such an important part of our lives, yet we cannot ever out-praise God. We can only ever respond to what He has done. He is the Beginner, we respond. Just like inContinue reading “Advent Day 14”

For thou didst form my inward parts,    thou didst knit me together in my mother’s womb. Today we focus on verse 13 of Psalm 139 Before we were born, God was at work in our lives. Before we made choices to follow Him or to reject Him, God was involved with us intimately. Not only ourContinue reading “Advent Day 13”

If I say, “Let only darkness cover me,    and the light about me be night,”even the darkness is not dark to thee,    the night is bright as the day;    for darkness is as light with thee. Today we focus on Psalm 139 verses 11, 12 The Psalmist reflects that even the greatest refusal to let God be partContinue reading “Advent Day 12”

If I take the wings of the morning    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,even there thy hand shall lead me,    and thy right hand shall hold me. Psalm 139 verses 9 and 10 are our reflection for today Mornings are quickly gone, beginning somewhere way out west even as the pass us by. YetContinue reading “Advent Day 11”

If I ascend to heaven, thou art there!    If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there! Today we look at verse 8 of our Psalm We continue with yesterday’s theme of not being able to escape God’s presence. If we go up to heaven, God is there. If we go to Sheol (the worldContinue reading “Advent Day 10”