Giving thanks for 2007... Welcome, Sabbath 2008

I rated the year 10/10. Who am I to rate it any less?

Mere man, I am, as said in Psalms 8:

3When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

Indeed, and it continues in the Psalm:

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings ^[c]
and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:

7 all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

To hear IS to obey. And I work my salvation in humility, and in "fear and trembling". It's simply a joy to know that one is at the centre of God's will. There were times when I may falter, and I know there are times I will, but I hope it's not for long.

His words always spur and encourage, admonish, too, but always in love.

To always persevere, and overcome what's ahead:

Psalm 139: 23-24

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

Joshua 1:8

8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.

Daniel 12:13

13 "As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance."
(Given by Siying)

They all lead to a promise. Isn't that amazing...?

God has been faithful. Have we?

Let's draw near to Him this new year... let that be our focus - to want to spend time with the LORD.

Much love,

Esther-Soph

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