Treasury of David - Psalm 51:1

“Have mercy upon me, O God.” He appeals at once to the mercy of God, even before he mentions his sin. The sight of mercy is good for eyes that are sore with penitential weeping. Pardon of sin must ever be an act of pure mercy, and therefore to that attribute the awakened sinner flies. “According to thy lovingkindness.” Act, O Lord, like thyself; give mercy like thy mercy. Show mercy such as is congruous with thy grace.

“Great God, thy nature hath no bound:

So let thy pardoning love be found.”

C.H. Spurgeon (Treasury of David) Psalm 51:1

Quite Time 12.16.10

Exodus 13:17-22

Exodus 13:17-22 KJV (17) And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

(18) But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

(19) And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

(20) And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.(21) And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

(22) He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. This is the Lord as he leads the people to their next destination. He takes them by the hand and leads them by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. This is a wonderful sight of the Lord, as his love is seen in the form of a GPS. He leads his children out of the way of the Philistines, he knew that if they were to go that way, they would go to battle and would retreat back to Egypt, This is crazy because the Lord knew that if they were to go to battle, they would return to the place that the Lord brought them out of!

God knows us, he knows what we can handle and what we cannot, lest we return to "Egypt". God's desire is to be worshiped! God's Hand Is in every thing that happens and all grievousness that happen is so that the Lord may show himself glorious within our lives! That His son may be exulted! May he be exulted in every circumstance! May cliché be my motive, that God may be LOVED as HE FIRST LOVED ME!!!

John Ortberg "When the game is over, it all goes back in the box"

I have started the book by John Ortberg, "when the game is over it all goes back in the Box". I understand that my view or opinions on anything are weak and fragile. But if i could really suggest anything to you in a sense to dealing with biblical problem, and really approaching one of materialism, than i would throw this book at your face! I have started and now i am in chapter three and I know that i will walk away from reading today very convicted.

He starts the book with a story of his struggle with his grandmother and there epic battles of find victory in the game of monopoly. He spent a summer learning how to defeat his grandmother at this game, and come fall he succeed at his goal! The greatest life lesson came to him then as he hear these words. "In the end, it all goes back in the box". Life is a game. Not in the sense that it should be taken lightly, but in the sense that it is so temporal.

as Jerry Seinfeld says.This life is packed with looking for our next box to carry, and one day, no matter what, that box will be a grand one, the coffin we lay.