{"id":21731,"date":"2014-09-10T00:20:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T04:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=21731"},"modified":"2014-09-10T11:13:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T15:13:21","slug":"21731","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/10\/21731\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Praise the Lord, my soul;
\nall my inmost being, praise His holy name.
\nPraise the Lord, my soul,
\nand forget not all His benefits\u2014
\nWho forgives all your sins
\nand heals all your diseases,
\nWho redeems your life from the pit
\nand crowns you with love and compassion,
\nWho satisfies your desires with good things
\nso that your youth is renewed like the eagle\u2019s.
\nPsalms 103:1-5<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A pit<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong> This pit can take on many forms…it can be a pit dug by others, or a pit of our own making. \u00a0This passage doesn\u2019t specify that He will only save us from what others do to us, but that He will “redeem your life from the pit”, even if we make it ourselves. \u00a0Where others will cover us in shame and anger, He will cover us with love<\/em> and compassion<\/em>. \u00a0He will not only save us from situations we create ourselves, but He will wrap His arms around us while doing it. \u00a0He promises that our desires will be met…He promises love, compassion…He promises forgiveness, and healing.<\/p>\n

The difference between God\u2019s promises and those we make (or those made to us by others), is that God\u2019s promises ring true. \u00a0These promises will not be broken; they are not conditional. \u00a0In fact we are given these promises over and over again. \u00a0We are forgiven over and over again, we are loved always, we are healed, and we are clothed in compassion. \u00a0Such simple everyday concepts made beautiful; made permanent, made personal.<\/p>\n

I will praise the Lord. My soul will sing His praises for all He has done for me, for all He will continue to do for me. I will praise His Holy name.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s pray: Dear Heavenly Father, only You, Lord, know the workings of my innermost being. \u00a0Only You know when I need love and compassion. \u00a0Only You know when I truly need love and healing. \u00a0Only You understand when I need compassion. \u00a0Only You know when I need to be pulled from the pit. \u00a0Only You. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 Name, I pray. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits\u2014 Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, Who satisfies your desires with good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3367,1287,425,7273,3466,7272,7246,3174,1075],"class_list":["post-21731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-redeems-us-from-the-pit","tag-gods-promises","tag-only-god","tag-psalms-1031-5","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-tonya-ellison","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-21731","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21731"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21752,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21731\/revisions\/21752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}