The NIV says "Store my commands in your heart" and the NIV says something similar. I guess the heart is sort of where the soul lives. I suppose that it is similar to the verse that says to "keep the scriptures written on your heart" (or something like that). You need to know the word without needing to look it up and then it will pour out through your mouth and your actions.
2: Everybody wants a long life right? But not everybody gets it. Follow God's commandments, and you get it...simple as that? Maybe we are not necessarily talking about mortal life. But peace! Peace would certainly be nice. If I could feel peace, especially in this stage of my life with my son in the NICU, that would be wonderful. It is just hard with Christmas looming near. I feel frustrated (sometimes more than others) by the whole situation. I guess that means that I am not trusting very well. Hudson will come home when God wants him home. Perhaps I need to open my eyes a little to see where God has me. Help me be a light in the NICU. There is a tug on my heart to have a conversation with the Mom in the first cubicle. She has been there for a month and her frustration is sky high. Anyway, Help me keep your commandments in my heart so that I can have peace in my current situation. Bring to my mind your scriptures so that they may flow from my actions and my mouth.
3: How can love and faithfulness forsake me?
Forsake really means to leave.So if something has left me, it may be a skill which I have not practiced. If I do not practice ovine God and others, I may get selfish and only love myself.
Whatever I need to do, I need to keep the Lord's commandments, to follow his will. If that means writing it on my hand, so be it. If that means memorizing, forgetting, and rememorizing, so be it!
4: It says I will find "good success". What does bad success look like?
Other translations say "good understanding", "high esteem", "good reputation", "high regard", or "good repute". There seems to a lot of variation. Some of these others make more sense to me. Many say "good understanding", but they are all the older versions. good reputation, or high esteem makes better sense to me.
5: The words are direct enough, but application is really difficult. God is not physically here to remind me to trust him, so when I don't think about it...I don't. I need to constantly remind myself that God has everything under control and I don't have to have it all together.
6: How do I "acknowledge him in all my ways"?
Admit the truth of God in my art, words, actions, reactions. He will then lead me where I need to be; where he wants me to be.
2: Everybody wants a long life right? But not everybody gets it. Follow God's commandments, and you get it...simple as that? Maybe we are not necessarily talking about mortal life. But peace! Peace would certainly be nice. If I could feel peace, especially in this stage of my life with my son in the NICU, that would be wonderful. It is just hard with Christmas looming near. I feel frustrated (sometimes more than others) by the whole situation. I guess that means that I am not trusting very well. Hudson will come home when God wants him home. Perhaps I need to open my eyes a little to see where God has me. Help me be a light in the NICU. There is a tug on my heart to have a conversation with the Mom in the first cubicle. She has been there for a month and her frustration is sky high. Anyway, Help me keep your commandments in my heart so that I can have peace in my current situation. Bring to my mind your scriptures so that they may flow from my actions and my mouth.
3: How can love and faithfulness forsake me?
Forsake really means to leave.So if something has left me, it may be a skill which I have not practiced. If I do not practice ovine God and others, I may get selfish and only love myself.
Whatever I need to do, I need to keep the Lord's commandments, to follow his will. If that means writing it on my hand, so be it. If that means memorizing, forgetting, and rememorizing, so be it!
4: It says I will find "good success". What does bad success look like?
Other translations say "good understanding", "high esteem", "good reputation", "high regard", or "good repute". There seems to a lot of variation. Some of these others make more sense to me. Many say "good understanding", but they are all the older versions. good reputation, or high esteem makes better sense to me.
5: The words are direct enough, but application is really difficult. God is not physically here to remind me to trust him, so when I don't think about it...I don't. I need to constantly remind myself that God has everything under control and I don't have to have it all together.
6: How do I "acknowledge him in all my ways"?
Admit the truth of God in my art, words, actions, reactions. He will then lead me where I need to be; where he wants me to be.
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