His precious thoughts toward me

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"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. . . . 

     How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you." Ps. 139:14, 17-18

     I am learning what it means to go to the Scripture and have it renew my mind. The security His truth brings is so stabilizing. 

"O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;" Ps. 63:1a

"Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!" 
Ps. 107:8,15,21,31

"For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds." Ps. 108:4

"O, the deep, deep love of Jesus,
 Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
 Rolling as a mighty ocean,
 In it's fullness over me!
 Underneath me, all around me,
 Is the current of Thy love!
 Leading onward, leading homeward,
 To my glorious rest above!" 
- Samuel Trevor Francis

     His steadfast love . . . .His faithful, covenant, sworn by Himself, love. . . . . . rest, peace, contentment, and joy such are found there in that love, in His precious thoughts toward me, toward you.


 

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