I Will Accept You

Sustaining Hope
Visions of Grandeur

The Alter, A Sign of Hope

Psalm 71:1-11  The Message

71 ^1-3 I run for dear life to God,
    I’ll never live to regret it.
Do what you do so well:
    get me out of this mess and up on my feet.
Put your ear to the ground and listen,
    give me space for salvation.
Be a guest room where I can retreat;
    you said your door was always open!
You’re my salvation—my vast, granite fortress.

^4-7 My God, free me from the grip of Wicked,
    from the clutch of Bad and Bully.
You keep me going when times are tough—
    my bedrock, God, since my childhood.
I’ve hung on you from the day of my birth,
    the day you took me from the cradle;
    I’ll never run out of praise.
Many gasp in alarm when they see me,
    but you take me in stride.

^8-11 Just as each day brims with your beauty,
    my mouth brims with praise.
But don’t turn me out to pasture when I’m old
    or put me on the shelf when I can’t pull my weight.
My enemies are talking behind my back,
    watching for their chance to knife me.
The gossip is: “God has abandoned him.
    Pounce on him now; no one will help him.”

For Reflection

God accepts you as you are, warts and all. What could be a blessing any greater than this?  Be grateful every day for God's gifts.  Be thankful for God's guiding hand.  Reject a life bullied by the commonplace.  Embrace your creative ability to live in Christ. 

Pray

for the courage to live a life full of the confidence in tomorrow that your faith promises.  Pray prayers of thanksgiving and  praise for God hand in your life.