psalm 103... an Easter perspective... part three...

Continuing the journey through Psalm 103... as seen through Easter...

Praise the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits...

...who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and compassion...

Psalm 103:2, 4

Jesus... the Lamb of God... the perfect sacrifice of atonement... redeems our lives from the pit...

Pit... in this case... when looked at in the Hebrew... is the grave...

Because He chose to bear the crown of thorns...

we are blessed with a crown of love and compassion...

Because He chose to bear the burden of our sin...

we no longer are doomed for the pit of death...

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin,

so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV

Lord Jesus... You are my Redeemer...

I praise You for Your love and compassion...

a undeserved blessing of grace...

redeemed... by His love...

The Redeemer... redeems... because He loves... 

Take a look at the desert

Do you feel like a grain of sand?

I am with you wherever

Where you go is where I am

And I'm always thinking of you

Take a look around you

I'm spelling it out one by one

I love you more than the sun

And the stars that I taught how to shine

You are mine and you shine for me too

I love you yesterday and today and tomorrow

I'll say it a gain and again

I love you more

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I am... redeemed... by His love...

You are... redeemed... by His love...

A Love... more... than we can comprehend...

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

who he has redeemed from trouble...

Psalm 107:1-2 ESV

reminded... i am redeemed...

A welcome reminder... on the drive home...

I am redeemed... You set me free...

So I'll shake off these heavy chains...

and wipe away every stain...

Now I'm not who I used to be...

I am redeemed ... 

I'm redeemed...

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Reminded... of His love...

Reminded... to praise Him... 

Reminded... I am redeemed...

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

whom he has redeemed from trouble... 

Psalm 107:1-2 ESV

first steps on a new journey... surprised by joy...

Today... the first steps taken in a new journey... a new ministry of sorts...

A journey through Scripture... the whole... over three years... together with others... in a Sunday School class... aptly named...

The Journey

When the inspiration first came... I shared the thought... thinking the idea would be shot down by others who knew better... but no... it was embraced... encouraged...

Moving forward... presenting the thought to those who could Yea or Nay the proposal... and these several months later... the day to begin came...

What has struck me as odd about this particular call... is me... and the way my heart has responded...

Past calls... have left me feeling fear... No not this... Really...? responding with obedience... just because... I had no other choice... because He says so... I will...

So today... and the past several days... the overriding feeling came as a surprise... joy... accompanied by... excitement... no fear... no dread... (even though the Kindle was packed... just in case I found myself in an empty room...)

Something... has shifted... in my relationship with Him... something healed... redeemed... in my heart... because this is weird... this is not me... who faces a call... an unknown... with joy... and... excitement...

In this odd revelation... I find my heart... filled with song... literally...

You're altogether lovely

Altogether worthy

Altogether wonderful to me

Here I am to worship

Here I am to bow down

Here I am to say that You're my God

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Praising You... for what You're up to in me...

I said to the Lord, "You are my Lord;

apart from you I have no good thing."

Psalm 16:2

today's Word... redeemed...

redeem...

to buy back: repurchase; to get or win back; to free from what distresses or harms: as to free from captivity by payment of ransom, to extricate from or help to overcome something detrimental, to release from blame or debt: clear, to free from the consequences of sin...

A Word... for the Season...

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"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

for he has visited and redeemed his people..."

Luke 1:68

ESV