Journal for June 13th…Dust

7:13 AM

Psalm 103

Okay, Lord, I think this has become my new "favorite" Psalm. It's all about praise and Your goodness, and about my sin and Your forgiveness. Just awesome and wonderful!

To You, Father, I offer praise…from my heart, from my soul. I praise Your holy Name and all that You are. How easily I forget Your benefits -- I take Your benefits and You for granted way too much. Anything of value and praise that I have come from You.

Lord, I know that You forgive all my sin. That alone is too great for my mind to understand. It is only up to me to confess, repent, and believe how thorough Your forgiveness is. As I compare v3 with 10-14 I want to thank You forever. I expect that in Heaven I will be able to tell You over and over, from a pure heart (finally) how grateful I am for Your salvation. You do not deal with me as my sins deserve! (v10) If You repaid me according to my offenses I'm be vaporized yesterday! But Your faithful love 11 is great toward me. I do respect Your law -- I don't always keep it -- but I respect Your law as the final standard.

I know You expect holiness, but I am just dust (v14)... You created me and allow me to live life my way. I am just dust… not created holy, but trying to obtain it (which is impossible apart from You). I am just dust… totally lost and hopeless without a Savior, an Advocate, a personal Messiah. So You became dust, too… remained holy in character and conduct. You became dust… in order to let me and my kind murder You.

From eternity to eternity You faithful love continues for me and all who believe (17). Your throne is established in Heaven forever. You are God. Period. Yet You are a good and compassionate Father. You, Lord God, are compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and full of faithful love toward me… only dust. It's amazing to even think about it.

You have the throne, but I have Your love and compassion. That's enough for me. My heart thanks You this morning. And I will thank You forever. I will praise You on this earth and on the New Earth face to face! Then I will truly be second!