Hi Brian!

This week I want to share a part of Psalm 68 from our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan! Here are verses 1-11:

1 God is [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him! 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the presence of God. 3 But let the [uncompromisingly] righteous be glad; let them be in high spirits and glory before God, yes, let them [jubilantly] rejoice! 4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name, cast up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts—His name is the Lord—be in high spirits and glory before Him! 5 A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation. 6 God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. 7 O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness—Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

8 The earth trembled, the heavens also poured down [rain] at the presence of God; yonder Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 9 You, O God, did send a plentiful rain; You did restore and confirm Your heritage when it languished and was weary. 10 Your flock found a dwelling place in it; You, O God, in Your goodness did provide for the poor and needy. 11 The Lord gives the word [of power]; the women who bear and publish [the news] are a great host.

I REALLY love this Psalm! I especially love the wonderful things that GOD causes to happen to bless US, His people! We can COUNT on HIM! Not because we, in ourselves, are so good, but because HE IS! You can count on Him for FAVOR, for BLESSING, for His anointing within you and upon you, for the leading, guiding and direction that comes to us through Holy Spirit! And verse 11 is especially pertinent to you as a father of BEAUTIFUL daughters! Your daughters are carriers of LIFE, even and especially when they are simply being their best selves! You and Kristine are doing a WONDERFUL job of raising them to be warriors, to be fierce and unrelenting in the face of evil, to be kind and considerate of others, to be hard workers for their goals and dreams, and to LOVE LIFE! Here is a song I really love from a few years ago by Hillsong called "As You Find Me":because at out BEST and at our WORST, HE still loves us and finds ways to BLESS US! 

Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!