August 19

God’s works are so great, worth a lifetime of study—endless enjoyment! Splendour and beauty mark His craft; His generosity never gives out.  His miracles are His memorial - this God of Grace; this God of love”. Psalm 111:3,4,5 (MSG)

Goodness, grace, splendour, and beauty—worker of miracles and a generous giver of all good things. This is the One Who walks with you all the days of your life—the One Who has gone ahead, planned, prepared, and filled your life with endless possibilities and His eternal perfection! 

He will make His great works, worthy of study, real to you in remarkable ways. You will experience His miracles, well timed, just when you need them most; be surrounded by limitless provision; enveloped in an unending love that never runs out. You can count on this, beloved one, for God keeps every promise that He makes; His every word is trustworthy and true.

You are loved, dear one, by this God of Grace, this God Whose goodness and mercy follow hard after you. There is endless enjoyment at hand, displays of surpassing beauty and wonder all around. His works are great—this we know to be true. After all, just look lovely one—He made you!

Prayer:

I confess, Lord, that I have not always seen the wonder of how You have made me, being harder on myself than was ever Your intent for me to be. Forgive me for criticizing the works of Your hands—in myself and in others—for splendour and beauty do mark Your craft and I am the work of Your hands!

I am choosing to celebrate that today, Lord, to see the beauty of all You have made, in nature, in creation, in others, and in me!

By Your grace, Lord, and with Your help, let it be!