Happy Heart Day.

"How priceless is Your unfailing love."
Psalm 36:7

"Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him..."
Psalm 37:7

"If the LORD delights in a man's way,
He makes his steps firm;
though he stumble, he will not fall,
for the LORD upholds him with His hand."
Psalm 27:23-24

I read these two Psalms last night and went to bed with these thoughts in my mind. God's love is unfailing...today in class we talked about how God knows what He is doing and has you in your specific circumstance for His reasons. I don't know if I'm alone in this, but sometimes I want things....not like a new pair of shoes or a new car...but other things...and when I feel my heart stirring within me for those things, I have to make myself be still before the Lord and just trust His good and loving hand and be patient for His timing...He knows best! And finally, as I read this last one last night...the words "though he stumble, he will not fall" nearly jumped off the page and into my lap. It does NOT say that this person will not have a difficult time...it just says that even though he stumbles, God's grace will meet him there and uphold him in those times. Someone gave me the advice my first year of teaching to give myself grace throughout the year...but I think that holds true to all of life. God gives us grace, so why am I so apt to withhold it from myself? God knows I'm going to stumble, He's not taken by surprise...but instead meets me where I am...and loves. It's Heart Day...I don't have a boy in my life to get giddy about...but I know that I have a Saviour who is crazy about me...and He's crazy about you, too.