DAILY DOSE OF HOPE – BLOG – NAIMA LETT
SO GOOD!
© William Matthews “So Good To Me”
I woke up early this morning still reeling from the fiasco that led to yesterday’s blog, Rejection, Howard Stern & 7 Year Old. Rejection isn’t easy for adults, much less a child.
It’s great, as artists, that we are sensitive enough to feel each other’s pain, empathize with others and sound the alarms when stuff ain’t right. Great! But we also have to pull it together and make a decision to not stay in a place of grief and devastation.
That’s where I was this morning. Had to get. it. together.
Got a lot going on today:
* Being interviewed for an article in the local papers
* Find new scenes for actors I’m coaching
* Follow up with several ministry donors
* Follow up with DVD duplication
* Buried in D.MIN assignments due 1st week of June
* Prep for Sunday’s sermon
* List goes on and on…
My daily devotional time helped me to refocus and channel some of the volcanic emotions I was experiencing.
I really like using The Daily Bible because its in chronological order, and I can get through the entire Bible each year. Right now, I’m a couple of days off from traveling over the weekend, but I’m playing catch up and we’re in the section where Solomon dedicates the new temple. Good stuff.
2 CHRONICLES 7: 1-10
Excerpt
When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2 The priests could not enter the temple of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled it. 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “He is good; his love endures forever.”
I wish we could see this in 3D!
Talk about a spectacle!
Picture it:
Solomon calls the people of God to dedicate this magnificent gold-covered temple for the Lord. Solomon prays and asks the Lord to hear their prayers. Then fire comes from heaven and consumes their offerings and sacrifices. God’s glory fills the temple so much so that the priests can’t even enter. At that point, all the people fall on their faces to the ground and worship. They declare how good God is and that His love endures forever.
Something about seeing fire fall from heaven would probably lead us to fall on our faces as well and worship. And honestly, the fact that we’re not consumed by the fire, would certainly encourage me to declare that God is good! Just saying!
But seriously, this reminded me of the William Matthews’ song “SO GOOD TO ME” from the Hope’s Anthem album.
The truth is God is so good to me, so good to us. Certainly we can take a second and declare that He is good.
Love this song. And I hope that it encourages you today as much as it encourages me. We don’t have to wait for fire to fall from the sky. We can just go head on and worship.
Dancing around my office,
Naima