OUR DAILY BREAD : FLYING MACHINES

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March 11
Wednesday


FLYING
MACHINES

READ:
Psalm 6
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I am weary wth my
groaning all night I
make my bed swim; I
drench my couch with
my tears. __Psalm 6:6
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Recording artist James Taylor exploded onto the music scene in early 1970 with the song "Fire and Rain." In it, he talked about the disappointments of life, describing them as "sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground. "That was a reference to Taylor's original band Flying machine, whose attempt at breaking into the recording industry had failed badly, causing him to wonder if his dreams of a musical career would ever come true. The reality of crushed expectations had taken their toll, leaving Taylor with a sense of loss and hopelessness.

The psalmist David also experienced hopeless despair a he struggled with his own failures, the attacks of others, and the disappointments of life. In Psalm 6:6 he said, "I am weary with my groaning; all night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears." The depth of his sorrow and loss drove him to heartache--but in that grief he turned to the God of all comfort. David's own crushed and broken "flying machines" gave way to the assurance of God's care, prompting him to say, "The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer" (v.9).

In our own seasons of disappointment, we too can find comfort in God, who cares for our broken hearts. __Bill Crowder
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``````````````````````Even in my darkest hour``````````````````
```````````````The Lord will bless me with His power;``````````````
`````````````````His loving grace will sure abound,````````````````
`````````````In His sweet care I shall be found. __Brandt```````````
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God's whisper of comfort quiets the noise of our trials

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 6***************

1 O LORD, do not rebuke
me in Your anger, nor
chasten me in Your hot
displeasure. 2 Have mercy
on me, O LORD, for I am
weak; O LORD, heal me, for
my bones are troubled.

3 My soul also is greatly
troubled; but You, O
LORD--how long?

4 Return, O LORD, deliver
me! Oh, save me for Your
mercies' sake! 5 For in death
there is no remembrance of
You; in the grave who will
give You thanks?

6 I am weary with my
groaning; all night I make
my bed swim; I drench my
couch with my tears. 7 My
eye wastes away because of
grief; it grows old because
of all my enemies.

8 Depart from me, all you
workers of iniquity; for the
LORD has heard the voice of
my weeping. 9 The LORD
has heard my supplication;
the LORD will receive my
prayer. 10 Let all my
enemies be ashamed and
greatly troubled; let them
turn back and be ashamed
suddenly.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Just as David and Paul had to deal with pain (Ps. 6:6; 2 Cor. 12:7.
10), suffering is part of the human experience for all of us. But we
never suffer in vain. Our wounds can be a source of comfort for
others by the power of God. "Blessed be... the Father of mercies
and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that
we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the
comfort with which we ourselves are comfoted by God" (2 Cor.
1:3-4). Dennis Fisher