Promises, promises

Since my subtitle is "musings over God's promises for my life" I decided to hit the online concordance for all the times I can find the word "promise" and see how those scriptures resonate with me right now. Here's today's edition

Psalms 119:116 NIV
Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.

Do not let my hopes be dashed. Oh please Lord - that's my prayer. I have so many hopes. Big ones - hopes for my daughter's future, hopes for my future, hopes for my career, hopes for a ministry. And little ones - hopes that I get over this cold quickly (cough, sneeze), hopes that I'll have a voice tomorrow for church, hopes that our family get-together this week will be fun. (Dad's for McCain, big brother is for Obama - hopes we don't get in a political discussion!)

So here's the thing, my God cares about all my hopes and dreams and He does sustain me. That is exactly the reason I've been memorizing and praying God's promises - they sustain me. They sustain me so that I can live.

Amen