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Thursday March 10 2016 WEALTHY BEYOND MEASURE
Thursday March 10 2016 WEALTHY BEYOND MEASURE
As I snuggled down under the covers this morning I looked over at Dave and asked, “Is this what it feels like to be rich?” My question had no meaning pertaining to money. And my husband, right on track with my thoughts, replied, “Yes, but it doesn’t have anything to do with monetary wealth.”
And that started our morning conversation. It always seems so opulent to wake up without an alarm, and then to just lie in bed together for the longest time without needing to jump up and hurry off to work. I sometimes listen to an hour sermon on my IPhone before Dave even awakens. And then once he awakens we so enjoy talking and laughing before getting out of bed. I usually wake up sometime after 4:30 a.m. or 5:00 a.m. so I try to be very quiet so as not to prematurely wake Dave up.
This morning our conversation drifted to the thought of how wealthy we truly are. And again, this was not a conversation about money, but rather creating a bouquet of all the flowers of true riches. First and foremost our wealth is because we have God in our lives and need not worry about our eternity. We have a house over our head, we have heat and food and water. Things we should never take for granted. We have the wealth of luxuriating in our bed and enjoying the quiet of the dark morning. We went through a long litany of what makes us feel so rich. Our children and the fact that they both love the Lord and have spouses who also love God, not to mention our two precious grandsons. We both feel wealthy beyond measure due to the fact that we can get out of bed by ourselves and care for our needs without excruciating pain all day long. We can walk and see and hear. We are so thankful for so many blessings in our lives. Being wealthy has absolutely nothing to do with how much money you have in the bank. Yes, money meets are basic needs but there are those who have financial wealth beyond imagination and yet have no joy or happiness or loving relationships. True wealth has nothing to do with how much you own. The richness and wealth of which I speak all comes from God. From God who supplies all our needs and gives us so many promises in His Word, and gives us a hope and a future. And He is our future.
Just before we got up I turned toward Dave to tell him one more thing that makes me wealthy beyond measure, but before I could get it out he said, “You know the one thing in the world that makes me richer than anyone else? It is having you.” And words I had on my lips to say before he said that were, “I am so rich because I have you.” He then added one last flower into my bouquet of wealth, it was that special look in his eyes that just speaks LOVE IN SILENCE. Sometimes I wonder how God could bless me so abundantly as to allow someone like my husband to love me so. I rose from my bed knowing I was wealthy beyond measure!
WEALTHY BEYOND MEASURE
By Kathleen Martens
March 10, 2016
God’s love so amazing
Tough to comprehend.
His promises so abundant
Which He continually sends.
When we delight in Him
As our day we start,
He gives untiringly
The desires of our heart.
We need not be concerned
Because evil abounds,
We need not to worry,
Or let life get us down.
When we commit
To trust and obey,
Our righteousness shines
Like the dawn of new day.
We need not fret
When wicked succeed.
Nor allow anger
To plant a seed.
But place our hope
In the Lord’s will,
With joy and peace
Our heart He fills.
God’s riches so great,
He loves to give.
And the righteous provide
For others to live.
God blesses them abundantly
With promises to treasure,
Simply because
It gives Him pleasure.
Evil ones cursed,
God cuts them down.
But upon the righteous,
God’s love will expound.
Those with firm steps,
God delights in their ways.
And blesses their children
In future days.
His riches are promised
With blessing and grace,
To those who first
Seek God’s face.
We are to be good
To all men.
God considers those blameless,
Who keep from sin.
God promises a future
For the man of peace,
Sinners he destroys,
Their lives will cease.
God is our salvation,
From whom righteousness comes
Through God’s grace
From His precious Son.
Remember, do not fret,
Be anxious or worry,
In His presences
We need not hurry.
He fills us with wisdom
From which to speak.
His law in our hearts,
He puts there for keeps.
He showers down riches
More costly than gold.
And in His hands,
Our eternity He holds.
God is our stronghold,
Our amazing Treasure.
He gives us righteousness,
WHICH IS OUR WEALTH BEYOND MEASURE.
The above poem is a scripture poem inspired by Psalm 37.
Psalm 37 is a great chapter to read. I have just recently finished a study of sermons on the book of Psalms. Amazing teaching at http://www.ccmodesto.com by Pastor Damian Kyle from California. You might enjoy his teachings “THRU THE BIBLE”. Awesome. I read Psalm, chapter 37 a few times today and then listened to Pastor Kyle’s talk. No matter how many times I listen I always seem to learn something new. The sermons make working out at the gym a pleasure! I look forward to listening to the sermons so much that I don’t really care what I am doing while I listen. Either in bed before sunrise or while working out at the gym are the only times during the day that I can squeeze the sermons in.
I hope all my readers have the best day possible. Especially my dear lifelong friend Sandra who I know suffers excruciating pain 24/7. If any of you who read my blog pray for those you don’t know, please pray that God would take the pain from Sandra. I believe many prayers have much power.
God bless and keep you.
I have copied Psalm 37 from BIBLE GATEWAY (from the web) below in case you would like to read it.
Psalm 37New International Version (NIV)
Psalm 37
Of David.
1 Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.
3 Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.
7 Be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret—it leads only to evil.
9 For those who are evil will be destroyed,
but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.
10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look for them, they will not be found.
11 But the meek will inherit the land
and enjoy peace and prosperity.
12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword
and bend the bow
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.
16 Better the little that the righteous have
than the wealth of many wicked;
17 for the power of the wicked will be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.
18 The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care,
and their inheritance will endure forever.
19 In times of disaster they will not wither;
in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
20 But the wicked will perish:
Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.
21 The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously;
22 those the Lord blesses will inherit the land,
but those he curses will be destroyed.
23 The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,
for the Lord upholds him with his hand.
25 I was young and now I am old,
yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken
or their children begging bread.
26 They are always generous and lend freely;
their children will be a blessing.[b]
27 Turn from evil and do good;
then you will dwell in the land forever.
28 For the Lord loves the just
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[c];
the offspring of the wicked will perish.
29 The righteous will inherit the land
and dwell in it forever.
30 The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,
and their tongues speak what is just.
31 The law of their God is in their hearts;
their feet do not slip.
32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,
intent on putting them to death;
33 but the Lord will not leave them in the power of the wicked
or let them be condemned when brought to trial.
34 Hope in the Lord
and keep his way.
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.
35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
though I looked for him, he could not be found.
37 Consider the blameless, observe the upright;
a future awaits those who seek peace.[d]
38 But all sinners will be destroyed;
there will be no future[e] for the wicked.
39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord;
he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
40 The Lord helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.
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