Good morning. We are back in psalms. I will give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; for You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. The Septuagint has: for You have magnified Your holy name above everything. It is the name of Jesus that conquers all. In His name, we have everything. And now from the beautiful Psalm 139: oh Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thoughts from afar. He knows everything about us and understands us; and still He loves us. Our closest friends do not know us as well as He does. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, and are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, behold, oh Lord, You know it all. Ouch! He knew it before we said it. If only we would listen to Him, we wouldn't say some of the things we say. You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. We have a protecting shield all around us. No one can sneak up behind us. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is too high, I cannot attain to it. How awesome is it that God cares that much for us? It's all we can handle just to keep our family in mind. While we are thinking about one, it's hard to be thinking about the others. And yet He thinks about all of us continually. We sometimes feel like we are bothering Him too much to call upon Him, but He really does care about us. Father thank You that You care about the reader intimately. You think about him/her when he/she rises up and when he/she sits down; even when he/she lays down at night. You guide him/her and protect him/her all around. Such a thought is too wonderful for us.

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