God, my Exceeding Joy

"Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God." Psalm 43:4

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Location: Oregon, United States

I met my husband while I was a missionary in Hong Kong. He had swum out of China after the Cultural Revolution. We have been married 32 years and have four children (2 biological and 2 adopted), ages 22-30. My mother also lives with us (she just turned 90). I am truly a blessed woman.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Bless the Lord!

All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you!

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.—I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.—Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.

Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.

“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

Ps. 145:10; Ps. 103:1, 2; Ps. 34:1; Ps. 145:2; Ps. 63:3-5; Luke 1:46, 47; Rev. 4:11

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

The Cross

"One thing will keep us from idealizing life's best and will make bearable life's worst, and that is the Cross." - Elisabeth Elliot

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

My Portion

The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup.

Heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.—All things are yours.—My beloved is mine.—The Son of God . . . loved me and gave himself for me.

And the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.”

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.—I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land.

Ps. 16:5; Rom. 8:17; 1 Cor. 3:21; Song 2:16; Gal. 2:20; Num 18:20; Ps. 73:25, 26; Ps. 23:4; 2 Tim. 1:12; Ps. 63:1

Monday, June 01, 2009

"Lord Jesus, Master of my life, my very breath is in your hands. Remind me throughout the hours of this day to depend on You for the help I need and to ask You for it." From A Lamp for My Feet by Elisabeth Elliot.

"In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul." Psalm 138:3