{"id":26682,"date":"2015-07-13T00:20:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T04:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26682"},"modified":"2015-07-12T16:30:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T20:30:38","slug":"gods-mercy-and-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/13\/gods-mercy-and-goodness\/","title":{"rendered":"God’s Mercy and Goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember, Lord<\/span>, Your great mercy and love\u00a0for they are from of old
\n<\/span>Do not remember the sins of my youth\u00a0and my rebellious ways
\n<\/span>According to Your love remember me,\u00a0<\/span>for You, Lord<\/span>, are good<\/span>
\nPsalms 25:6-7 <\/span>NIV<\/span><\/span>
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You have to love how transparent David is in his prayers to God..David\u00a0made a habit of pouring out his heart and soul before His Almighty Father. \u00a0David was human and he made mistakes just as we do. The only thing is he had a repentful heart; and, most of the time, we are busy and forget to confess our sin. \u00a0Then it all turns to regrets, and kind of piles up into such a huge mess that we even forget where the top or bottom is. \u00a0Daily…hourly…by the minute we should bring our issues, our thoughts, \u00a0our prayers to the throne of God. \u00a0Often we need to leave them there, leave them at the foot of the Cross because He is better able to handle each of our needs, wants, and desires.<\/p>\n

We as women are relationship-driven. \u00a0If a relationship is not going the way we want it to then we worry, stew, and fret over it. There are some we just need to drop and walk away from; and then there are some we truly need to work on…like our marriages. \u00a0Keeping God first in our life, our focus then will be our marriage, then children, then all others. \u00a0Sometimes this can become unbalanced. \u00a0When everything we do comes before God and our marriage, we need to pause and consider: What is our view of God? \u00a0Is it the relationship we had\/have with our earthly father that dictates our relationship with our heavenly Father? Was our relationship strained or healthy? \u00a0Was it dysfunctional or normal? \u00a0Once we make this determination we can focus on the repair of the earthly relationship (if not too painful or is even \u00a0possible to repair) to become healthy. \u00a0Often this can be done by forgiving our earthly father \u00a0which makes a way for us to see our heavenly Father as someone different. \u00a0I, myself, often like to think of God as a loving grandfather or uncle.<\/p>\n

As we grow and mature in our walk we often realize this. \u00a0But do not regret what life you have created for yourself—embrace the past, sort it out, but leave it in the past and move on to making a better future. \u00a0God will give us mercy for our mistakes when we ask. \u00a0Once our life and thoughts are re-aligned, we need to make peace with our spouse. \u00a0With prayer, meditation, and true repentance, God will restore to us what has been lost. \u00a0For each of us it may look different. \u00a0 Just know God is a restorer and a preserver; He wants what is best for us. And there are consequences for our choices…those He cannot take away.<\/p>\n

For those who have done their walk with God and their marriage, I commend you. \u00a0I would love to hear your secrets, your “do’s and don’ts” in marriage. \u00a0With this being the season for weddings, I am sure the newlyweds would love some inspiration, too… especially in the first few years of being married. \u00a0It is so different when you are dating and then come together to live with one another every day. \u00a0Begin each day with God in prayer and meditate on His goodness and love. \u00a0Let God be your Guide in all of your decisions; He will not lead you down the wrong path. \u00a0Be a listener to the Holy Spirit, for He is your Helper. \u00a0Ask Jesus to be your Intercessor. \u00a0You will be blessed for your efforts.<\/p>\n

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Father, we thank You for David’s example and for his love and understanding of Your goodness and mercy. \u00a0For those who are hurting, Lord, give them peace—such a great feeling of peace to fill their soul with Your spirit. \u00a0For those who have been walking with You a long time, give them a renewing, a refreshing of their spirit. \u00a0Remove the staleness from their everyday and fill them anew. \u00a0Help us not be afraid to forgive, help us to have courage to do the hard things we need to do to have a closer walk with You. \u00a0In Jesus’ name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember, Lord, Your great mercy and love\u00a0for they are from of old Do not remember the sins of my youth\u00a0and my rebellious ways According to Your love remember me,\u00a0for You, Lord, are good Psalms 25:6-7 NIV *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * You have to love how transparent David is in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"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":[3367,425,9147,9143,3174,1071],"class_list":["post-26682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gods-goodness-and-mercy","tag-psalms-256-7","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-tina-marin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6Wm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26682","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26682"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26718,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26682\/revisions\/26718"}],"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=26682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}