New Name, New Look

I have been wanting to rename my blog for a while, but couldn't come up with anything clever.  Actually, I wanted a clever name from the beginning, but I am not a very creative person!  Crafty, maybe; creative, absolutely not!  Oh the struggle I have with my left brain, I wish it would let me use the right at least on occasion!

Anyway, I've been thinking and thinking and nothing would come to me.  I was thinking about one of my favorite Psalms, Psalm 16, and that is where inspiration hit.  What better place than the Word, right?

I love the parts that talk about God being our portion.  How often do I need to hear that.  But in reading it again I was struck by verse 8. "I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken."  What a statement, to always have the Lord before us, to always be walking in His footsteps; obeying His Word; and looking to Him alone for guidance, wisdom, everything.  How could we be shaken?

That truly is my prayer for myself, my family, my ministry, my everything.  And how appropriate for a blog about my life and family. 

So, use this blog to take a peek through our window, as we are walking with the one who is "Always Before Me."

Psalm 16

1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”

3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.

4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.

5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.

11 You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.