Day Three

Genesis
Even God gets totally disgusted with us. Here's just the first time. In Moses, He'll get to that point a couple of times. I appreciate, though, that even when He's totally disgusted, He's still looking for the good points - v 8. I'm working on imulating that. It's not wishy-washy, it's determined positive thinking! It's not wishy-washy, it's determined positive thinking! It's not wishy-washy, it's determined positive thinking! And sometimes, the positive takes longer to see, I'm thinkin'

Wonder if the ark was equivalent to the size and shape of a super tanker.

Matt
More hard stuff. Being positive is so much work for me, sadly. I'm all "Go, John, you tell them what a brood of vipers they are!" because I'd like to yell the same thing a a bunch of people. Then Jesus comes, John straightens up, but still, in his sense of his mission, negotiates with Jesus for an okay to "out" him. Is that Jesus indulging him? Hmmm. How many times am I negotiating so I feel in control rather than focus on what I've been assigned to do. Too many.

Then, the Son of God goes off by Himself for some serious one on one time with His Father. ...with his [our]arch enemy aware of the whole deal, waiting to dangle shortcuts to victory in front of Him. UGH. Even Jesus had to deal with redirection temptations. I just need to refocus and stop whining. I need to quote with power the right covering scriptures I know. Well, I need to focus, too, on believing that God has my back like Jesus knew God had his back. Okay, so, if I look at things point by point, I've expected God to be there for me more than I've appreciated that God is there for me. He has been there for me. I could list a long list. Perhaps that'd be a good place to spend spare time today.

Ps
Well, there you go. When I get to Psalms, that's what I'm saying. I need to read this one several times. "my shield, my glory, [and most needed]the lifter of my head" I may spend some time today concentrating on His lifting my head from sorrow and embarrassment and frustration and low self-esteem and telling me He's on my side, He loves me, He recognizes the discouragements and hard places and that it's enough--He's enough. None of the rest of this trash is overpowering because He's lifting my chin and loving me.

Pr
Finally, something that doesn't sound tempting or conducive of self-pity. ...then thoughts of "be careful where ye stand less ye fall" flash through.

Okay, so the tapestry of the Gen, Mat, and Ps is my selah for the day.