Giving Strength, Blessing With Peace

The LORD gives strength to His people; the LORD blesses His people with peace. 
Psalm 29:11


Today I'm at a beach house with my wife Shelley.  We had a late night last night, driving up and talking when we got here.  So it's been a lazy morning sleeping late and napping off and on all day.

Earlier I went for a walk along the beach by myself and had time to think alone.  After some of the heavy talking we did last night I really needed to talk with God.  And He showed Himself to me in the power of the ocean and the vastness of the horizon.

Before I left for my walk I read this psalm to meditate on, and the words have encouraged me to be strong and to live in peace.

Take time today and read the whole psalm yourself and meditate on what Holy Spirit would encourage, direct, or teach you in it.  Then live in strength and peace because of His blessing to you.

Peace To You

To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come...To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father - to Him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. 
Revelation 1:4a-5b,6

You are loved!

You need to hear that.

The love that I'm talking about is not from some fickle human being, a co-worker, friend, or family member.  This love is from your White Knight that every man dreams of being and every woman longs for, but He is more than what our desires our.

He is our:

Peace
Grace
Lover
Freedom
Savior
God
Heavenly Father
All Glorious
Omnipotent
Omniscient
Everlasting life

That is how Jesus is described in only two verses of Scripture.  Imagine what His complete identity is in all of Scripture.

Knowing that you are in His family what trials or obstacles are too big for you to deal with?