Psalm 146

1 Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord.
2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.
3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.
5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.
6 He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.
7 He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners.
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. The Lord loves the godly.
9 The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows,
but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.
10 The Lord will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations.

Praise the Lord!

Eventually, they will all let us down...those powerful people who we count on to maintain equalibrium in our lives.

The politicians...who promise to protect us...in exchange for our vote.

The merchants...who promise to provide us anything we need...in exchange for our money.

The educators...who promise to prepare us for life...in exchange for our minds.

I could go on and on...but..."there is no help for us there!" Why? because they are really no different than we are. At the end of the day they will lie down and die like the rest of us...and their plans die with them.

So...I still worry about the state of our society...and wonder why the politicians don't do something about it. I worry about my financial needs...and wonder why necessities are so expensive. I worry about our schools...and wonder why they are more devoted to indoctrinating my grandchildren rather than endowing them with life skills.

By now I should know better...

David says "the Lord lifts up those who are weighed down." And, how can He do that? Because "He made heaven and earth and everything in them. He keeps all His promises forever."

Oh yes...and "He will reign forever."

Live boldly out there today...