Better Is One Day!

I went to bed a short while ago and of course, I love to put on the headphones and listen to Steve Green.  He was singing one of my favorite songs, "Broken and Spilled Out" and it made me think of a scripture verse (imagine that).  Anyway the verse was Psalms 84:10 and it says "For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside.  I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness."

We use to sing a song about that verse: "better is one day in your court, better is one day in your house, better is one day in your court, than a thousand elsewhere."  Anyway you get the picture.  I find myself "yearning" for the Lord to return more and more each day.  I don't know, perhaps it's just that all of these medical problems are a "drag" on the emotions but I believe that yearning for His return is a good thing.

So as I was listening to this song by Steve Green the line came along, "In sweet abandon, Lord You were spilled out, and used up for me,"  and I thought how precious that God did that for me, and even if I were the only one here, He still would have done that for me.  I can somewhat relate.  Sometime (most of the time) I feel broken and spilled all over the ground.  So many non-functional body parts anymore from the cancer and chemotherapy thing.  My bones are beginning to hurt (don't yet know if that is the cancer or just plain "old age" setting in). 

However, there is still one thing in me that is still functioning perfectly.  That is my spirit.  I do so rejoice in the Lord and think of Him often.  So one day I'll sit in His court and rejoice because the "thousand" that I'd spent outside of His court will be finally over.

Can you praise the Lord in the middle of your weakness?  It's okay, you know!  In fact, it takes my mind off all the other things that aren't doing quite as well.  He loves you very much.  Hope you can show Him your love in return tonight.

God bless,

Dave