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June 5
Thursday


A GRADUATION
WISH

READ:
Psalm 42
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Why are you cast
down, O my soul?...
Hope in God; for I shall
yet praise Him.
__Psalm 42:5
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The high school commencement speaker was the president of a large corporation. He was chosen for the occasion because of his success. Yet his speech came with a most unusual wish for the graduates.

The speaker told the students sitting before him in their graduation gowns, "If I could have one hope for you as you go out in the world, it would be this: I hope you fail. I hope that you fail at something that is improtant to you." He went on to say how his own early life had been one failure after another, until he learned to see failure as an effective teacher.

Many of the songs of Israel were born in seasons of failure. Out of desperaton came the cry, "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the lliving God" (Ps. 42:1-2).

Sometimes we are not ready to see the wonder of God's wisdom and strength until we are gasping for breath in the exhaustion of our own strength.

A recurring story of the Bible is that mountains of faith rise from the valleys of failure. Before discovering the high ground we are looking for, we may need to see the failure of the dreams we hold in our hearts and trust instead in the love, wisdom, and guidance of our God.
__Mart De Haan
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```````````````The lessons we learn from our failures``````````````
``````````````````Are lessons that help us succeed,```````````````
```````````````And if we are wise and we heed them,``````````````
````````````Then failure is just what we need. __D. De Haan`````````
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Learn from your failures,
or you will fail to learn.

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 42***************

1 As the deer pants for the
water brooks, so pants my
soul for Your, O God. 2 My
soul thirsts for God, for the
living God. When shall I
come and appear before
God? 3 My tears have been
my food day and night,
while they continually say
to me, "Where is your
God?"

4 When I remember these
things, I pour out my soul
within me. For I used to go
with the multitude; I went
with them to the house of
God, with the voice of joy
and praise, with a multitude
that kept a pilgrim feast.

5 Why are you cast down,
O my soul? and why are
you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet
prasie Him for the help of
His countenance.

6 O my God, my soul is
cast down within me....

8 The LORD will command
His lovingkindness in the
daytime, and in the night
His song shall be with
me--a prayer to the God of
my life.

9 I will say to God my
Rock, "Why have You
forgotten me? Why have You
forgotten me? Why do I go
mourning because of the
oppression of the enemy?"

10 As with a breaking of my
bones, my enemies
reproach me, while they say
to me all day long, "Where
is your God?"

11 Why are you cast down,
O my soul? and why are
you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall yet
praise Him, the help of my
countenance and my God.

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

The subtitle for Psalm 42 reads, "To the Chief Musician. A
Contemplation of the sons of Korah." Some believe the sons of
Korah were the authors, but many scholars agree that David wrote
it and that it was to be sung by the sons of Korah. __Bill Crowder