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[cimi]

June 6
Wednesday


READ:
Psalm 34:8-22
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[Jesus said,] "In the
world you will have
tribulation; but be of
good cheer, I have
overcome the world."
---John 16:33
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Amy Beth was out in her neighborhood taking her dog for a walk when she saw a young man run into a nearby alley. A car followed. The young man grabbed a huge piece of wood from a dumpster and started swinging at the car. Amy Beth froze. She was caught in a gang fight.

Suddenly, the young driver of the car tried to get away by accelerating backwards. He slammed into Amy Beth. She landed on the trunk and was thrown into the street. Amazingly, she wasn't seriously hurt.

Later, she tried to make sense of her experience and attempted to turn it around to make it seem good. She came to this conclusion: "Bad things happen--tragic and horrible things. Good things happen--amazing and miraculous things. And all this happens randomly to us. But it is not random to the God who cradles our aching hearts. He knows...Suffering will come. But God is...larger than the events that seem to contradict God's goodness."

We will experience sickness, accidents, sorrow, and death. But we are not on our own. God is in control. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all" (Ps. 34:19). We can be confident that one day we will be safe with Him forever. __Anne Cetas
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~There is only One who knows~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~All the answers to my woes;~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~He will all my needs supply~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When in faith to Him I cry. __Morgan
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TODAY'S BIBLE READING __PSALM 34:8-22

8 Oh, taste and see that the
LORD is good; blessed is the
man who trusts in Him!

9 Oh, fear the LORD, you
His saints! There is no want
to those who fear Him.

10 The young lions lack and
suffer hunger; but those
who seek the LORD shall
not lack any good thing.

11 Come, you children,
listen to me; I will teach
you the fear of the LORD.

12 Who is the man who
desires life, and loves many
days, that he may see good?

13 Keep your tongue from
evil, and your lips from
speaking deceit. 14 Depart
from evil and do good; seek
peace and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the LORD
are on the righteous, and
His ears are open to their
cry. 16 The face of the LORD
is against those who do evil,
to cut off the remembrance
of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry out,
and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all
their troubles. 18 The LORD is near to thsoe who have
a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite
spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions
of the righteous, but the
LORD delivers him out of
them all. 20 He guards all
his bones; not one of them
is broken. 21 Evil shall slay
the wicked, and those who
hate the righteous shall be
condemned. 22 The LORD
redeems the soul of His
servants, and none of those
who trust in Him shall be condemned.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Psalm 34 is one of the psalms that deal with the subject of "the law
of retribution," which taught that the righteous would be blessed
according to their righteousness and the wicked judged accordingly.
Psalms 37 and 73 also deal with this theme and the challenges it
produces. __WEC

[dubya]

awesome cimi, God is good and we must lean on him no matter what the problem is. However we can always be blessed knowing that God is bigger than any problem we ever face. God bless pw