SATURDAYS DEVOTION :)

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FROM: QUIET MOMENTS WITH GOD

BY LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE

THE *LORD* IS MY LIGHT AND

SALVATION;

WHOM SHALL I FEAR?

THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF

MY LIFE;

OF WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID?

________________________PSALM 27:1

LORD, I REALLY NEED TO ANSWER THE PSALMIST'S QUESTIONS. IN THIS QUIET

MOMENT, I NEED YOUR HELP TO OVERCOME THE IMPACT OF REJECTIONS I HAVE

FELT IN THE PAST. AND KNOWING THE PAIN OF REJECTION, I WANT TO EXPRESS

YOUR LOVE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM ANGUISH OF REJECTION.

LIKE THE PSALMIST, I NEED THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOUR ILLUMINATING LIGHT

SO I CAN SEE THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE. WHY AM I SO TROUBLED BY PEOPLE'S

ACTIONS? WHY DO REBUFFS DISTURB ME SO MUCH? COULD IT BE THAT WHAT PEOPLE

THINK OF ME IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU THINK? DO I NEED PEOPLE'S

ACCEPTANCE MORE THAN YOURS?

YOU ARE MY SALVATION, THE SOURCE OF MY DELIVERANCE. GRACIOUSLY, YOU

HEAL MY HURTS AND SET ME FREE. IN YOUR PRESENCE I FEEL THE STRENGTH OF

YOUR SPIRIT GIVING ME PROTECTION AND VICTORY.

SAVIOR, YOU HAVE BROKEN THE CYCLE OF REJECTION AND RETALIATION. YOU

CALL ME TO LOVE MY ENEMIES, BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE ME, AND DO GOOD TO

THOSE WHO SPITEFULLY USE AND PERSECUTE ME (MATTHEW 5:43-44).

WHO CAN LIVE THAT QUALITY OF LOVE? NO ONE, EXCEPT BY YOUR POWER. AND NOW

I'M READY FOR THE DAY: WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME IS FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO

DO AND SAY THROUGH ME TO THOSE WHO FEEL MISUNDERSTOOD OR MISUSED. THE

ONLY FINAL CURE FOR THE FROWNING FACE OF REJECTION IS YOUR SMILING FACE

OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE.

AMEN!

GENTLEHUGS AND PRAYERS

SAM