Today is Tuesday, March 25th, 2008; Karen's Korner #1277
Hallelujah!
O servants of Jehovah,
praise his name.
Blessed is his name forever and forever.
Praise him from sunrise to sunset!
For he is high above the nations;
his glory is far greater than the heavens.
Who can be compared with God enthroned on high?
Far below him are the heavens and the earth;
he stoops to look,
and lifts the poor from the dirt,
and the hungry from the garbage dump,
and sets them among princes!
He gives children to the childless wife,
so that she becomes a happy mother.
Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord.
~~ Psalms 113
Commentary: In God's eyes, a person's value has no relationship to his or her wealth or position on the social ladder. Many people who have excelled in God's work began in poverty or humble beginnings. God supercedes the social orders of the world, often choosing his future leaders and ambassadors from among the social outcasts. Do you treat the unwanted in society as though they have value? Demonstrate by your actions that all people are valuable and useful in God's eyes.
A number of years ago, I wrote in the margin of my Bible, "God gives us what we don't have!"
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