August 4
Time to move on from lovingkindness to faithfulness. In Psalm 92, the Hebrew word for faithfulness is "aman," or its derivative "emunah." These two words carry the ideas of firmness, steadiness, sureness, steadfastness, faithfulness, trust, honesty, safety, and certainty. When faithfulness is applied to God, it is talking about his believability.
So when I meditate on God's faithfulness in the evening, I am thanking him that he is always true and always the same, that he is good, even when I can't understand him, and that he loves me, even when I don't feel his love. Beth Moore says that the degree of our faithfulness to others is the direct result of our regard for God's faithfulness to us. That is some statement, and in my spirit, I know it is true.
August 9 Lord, it just hit me that love and faithfulness are fruit of the Spirit. They are what I need to love this complicated man you gave me. My personal Marriage Purpose Statement is the word "faithful," and forever faithful is what I long to be. So thank you, my Father, for leading me to thank you for just what I need. I see that my faithfulness and love are the direct result of how big and wide and deep your love and faithfulness are to me. Teach me, please.
August 15
Oh, I am excited about what I learned today! Psalm 59:10 says that God in his lovingkindness will meet me. I see my Father coming to sit with me and share a cup of tea. How precious that he meets me in his lovingkindness. I feel embraced by his love. I've been walking around all day thanking the Holy One for personally meeting with me in his unfailing love.
August 21 Lord, I thank you today for showing me in Psalm 36 that your lovingkindness is as vast as the heavens and that your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds. As I sit by this beautiful lake, drinking in your serene presence, I thank You that You declare that Your lovingkindness is precious (Psalm 36:7) and that you pour out your lovingkindness on those who love You (Psalm 36:10). Because you declare this to me today, I proclaim the preciousness of your unfailing love to me. Thank you for this quiet day to bask in your presence and literally feel the delight of your lovingkindness poured out on me. Oh, how I love you!
Six months have passed, and I am still thanking God and praising him every morning for his lovingkindness and every evening for his faithfulness. I have felt my gratitude growing. I've been focusing on God gratitude, but it is overflowing and turning into gratitude for my husband.
How about you? It is really very simple to imitate my God-Gratitude Project. Why don't you get out your Bible and memorize Psalm 92:1-2? It is easy to remember. Then begin to journal and see your gratitude grow!
Excerpted from
What's It Like to Be Married to Me?: and Other Dangerous Questions by Linda Dillow
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