Hey friends, I’m blogging over at the MBT Ponderers today about, well, Auntie Ann’s pretzels, malls, friends, tunnel vision, community. I promise it’s not as schizophrenic as that description makes it out to be. I hope you’ll hop on over and check it out.
In the meantime, I’m going to keep things short and sweet and thankful around here. I read the coolest verse yesterday:
All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. ~Psalm 38:9
Is life filled with longings or what? From the serious sort down to the everyday stuff, it’s all lying out in the open before God…without me having to say a word. In fact, he hears our sighs.
Now, I’m not advocating any of us going all Sighing Sally on God or the people around us. But…it is awesome to me to know God is listening even when words aren’t making it past my lips.
He hears the sighs of my heart.
Do you have longings you sometimes wonder if God remembers? Isn’t it comforting to know he does? How does Psalm 38:9 encourage you? Any sigh-worthy moments this week? (Yes, it’s totally okay if you answer that you woke up sighing on Wednesday after realizing how much chocolate you ate on Valentine’s Day. Hehehe….)
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I love this! I love that He hears our sighs and our tears because sometimes, I have no words. Shocker. But true.
See you over at MBT!
Ok, I had to come back a minute because my verification word was, “Psalm” LOL Ha!
That’s hilarious (about your verification word)…and so fitting. LOL!
And I already said this on your blog, but seriously I love your tagline. It’s perfect and catchy. Umm…could you write one for me? hehee…:)
LOL, Sighing Sally.
Oh yes, I sigh a lot. Internally. But he hears that too. And I just love that he CARES. He has no reason to, except He loves us. I feel so unworthy, yet privileged, to know that the God of the universe cares why I’m sighing.
I know, sometimes I think, “Seriously, God, don’t you just get sick of me?” But he doesn’t. And that’s awesome. And I love that he can hear the sighs and words and thoughts I’m not saying…
And it was so worth reading–great job!
Thanks, Dee!
OHHH! Perfect verse for today. I’ve read Psalms about a bijillion times and still never saw that! I’m adding that one to my Book O Verses I keep next to me. Thanks for sharing it!
I know…I love it when verses I’ve never really landed on suddenly pop out at me!
Such an encouraging truth. Thanks for sharing it today, Melissa.
And thank you for stopping by, Beth! 🙂
I love this verse. And I’m like Susan…I don’t remember ever seeing it before, but of course I have. Senior moment, maybe. Great post, Melissa!
The things about the Psalms is there’s sooo many good verses. So I love that new ones stand out each time I read through…
*sigh*
Love that verse.
Me too!