Good morning. Today we are in Psalm 90. Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were born, or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. I don't believe the human mind can conceive of the phrase from everlasting to everlasting. I believe we can project forward forever, but not backwards forever. We can think of things going on and on; but we really can't conceive of things going in the past forever and ever. To humans everything has to have a beginning. And yet God has always existed. Even we mathematicians who deal with infinity have trouble with that. It's not just a really long time in the past. Verse 4: For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it passes by, or as a watch in the night. At our age a year now seems like a short time. For God, who has been around forever, a thousand years would be like a day for us. This reminds us of second Peter. That with the Lord one day is as 1000 years, and 1000 years as one day. Back to Psalms: As for the days of our life, they contain 70 years, or if due to strength, 80 years. So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom. To us 70 or 80 years seems like a very long time. But we are to live them one day at a time. Make the most of each day for God. It seems like the older you get the wiser you get. Actually it may just mean that you finally learned not to put your hand on a hot stove burner. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us. No matter how many years we live, we need the favor of the Lord our God every day. Father thank You for giving Your favor to the reader every day. Thank You for watching over him/her and protecting him/her. You know what is coming in his/her future; so guide and protect him/her every day.

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