I read it twice

I have read Psalm 16 a few times in the last 24 hours. Part of it reads:

Keep me safe, O God,for in you I take refuge....my body also will rest secure because you have not abandoned me to the grave (or "Sheol").You have made known to me the path of life;you will fill me with joy in your presence,with eternal pleasures at your right side.

Yesterday I read that passage for myself. I whispered it. It was for me, about a situation that involves me directly.

This morning I tweaked my reading plan and went back to it.I read it as again, this time as an intercession for someone else.

I began to claim those words for them. I read them out loud.

As I type it to you right now, I find new strength and power in the words safe, refuge, secure.

I find hope and promise in the words you have made known to me the path of life.

I pray that sometime today, you will find at least one moment where you are still enough, and quiet enough, for God to bring a living, breathing, timely, powerful, personal word into your life. Maybe through Psalm 16. Maybe through another passage of scripture. Maybe through some other moment in your day.

However you experience the closeness of God's presence today, may He speak to you and may that encounter benefit those you love and for whom you are responsible.

Grace & peace