“Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; for I trust in You; teach me the way in which I should walk; for to You I lift up my soul.”

Psalm 143:8 NASB

I’m a verb kinda girl. I guess it’s the English major in me that makes the ‘action’ words in a sentence jump off the page and into my mind. But it goes farther than that, because ultimately I am a problem solver. I often run past the easy solution to something much harder, much more demanding, much more difficult to accomplish. Too often, I play scenarios over and over in my head before I arrive at a feasible solution. I must take action.

Over the past 25 or so years, as I have devoted the earliest morning hours to studying the Word and talking to the Father, I have experienced just what David is asking for in the Psalm. In the quiet of the moments as the world awakes for another day, I feel His lovingkindness surround me. Like a warm blanket I feel His warmth, His love, His kindness preparing my mind and my heart for the day’s direction.

Those ‘action words’ seem to jump off the page into my thoughts.

“For I trust in You…” I have learned to have confidence in the fulfilling of His promises. We sing ‘it’s Your endless love pouring down on us” believing that His promise of eternity is trustworthy. He says that ‘I am with you always’ so He teaches me the way I should walk. Each day His words fill my thoughts. The temptations of the world aren’t far from my mind, but more and more frequently they are pushed aside. I am overwhelmed with His directions. I find myself choosing to ‘walk the way in which I should walk.’

The blessing of the day: He lifts up my soul. Trials, temptations, anger, bitterness, troubles, all seem to fade in importance. Perfect love yields perfect trust when I surrender to His lovingkindness in the morning quiet.