Yet This I Call To Mind

I wasn't going to blog today. Or the next few.


You see, life's a little hectic right now.
I'm juggling two jobs. I worked 8-4 at one and 6-10 at the other today. I'm wiped.
In between, I had a VBS meeting, which I am directing, and working so hard to prepare for.
Did I also mention I have a huge organ recital this weekend which I am trying to polish all my pieces for?


Yeah, it's been busy. And that's no excuse not to blog.


Because blogging is my time in response (often) to Scripture I've dug into, things I've been praying about, or things that have been on my mind.


And I've been so busy, I haven't had time to really meditate on God's greatness or His Word (as much as I was, anyway. I haven't totally given it up!)


But, anyway, tonight I was looking at Lamentations 3, by Jeremiah.


And you know, up to about verse 21, things are really depressing. He's got so much going wrong for him. He's swamped.


But then he sort of abruptly stops and says, "Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope..."


And then he reminds himself of this:

Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
   for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
   great is your faithfulness. 
I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
   therefore I will wait for him.”
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
   to the one who seeks him


While yeah, my foot hurts, and yeah, things aren't totally perfect with my health, and yeah, I've still got friendship issues, I can't really complain because life is really good.


But I can relate to Jeremiah with that feeling when I was down- and now when I'm busy.


Because although I've got a lot of stuff going on, I can still say
"WAIT! Yet, this I call to mind..."


The Lord is GOOD to those whose hope is in Him...


No matter how down I am, no matter how busy I am, no matter how much I hurt, my prayer is that I always say:


"WAIT! Yet this I call to mind..."


So even in the midst of this chaos, I want to say,
"WAIT! Yet this I call to mind.... Here are my blessings:"


-Worked a lot and raked in a lot of hours and that means a lot of money in my pocket!


-Found out one of my profs had a baby; another is coming on board full time who I really really like and get along well with!


-Almost finished with another book


-A woman said this to me tonight at work, and I laughed for a really long time... "You look busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest."


-Many compliments on my new hair do


-Crawling into bed and sleeping so soundly till my alarm goes off- I love doing that!