Wisdom from Psalm 22:6-10

       We went over this in church last Sunday for the 1st week of Advent. The word or thought for this week is "Hope". We started in the old testament where David said and did almost the exact same things has Jesus did and said on the cross. The verses are Psalm 22:6-10 for today and I might give some more verses later on but this is all I had time to write about on Sunday.

"But I am a worm and not a man. I'm scorned and despised by all! Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying, "Is this the one who relies on the Lord? Then let the Lord save him! If the Lord loves Him so much, let the Lord rescue Him!" Yet you brought me safely from my mother's womb and led me to trust you when I was a nursing infant. I was thrust upon you at my birth. You have been mu God from the moment I was born."-Psalm 22:6-10

         Here are my thoughts on these verses. Here is what I get from them and what the Lord is saying to me. I feel like the worm sometimes and not the man. I have felt like people have mocked me in a way that is jokely but still mocking because I buy and do things for the children I work with. When God was on the cross, it was then He saw the pain. It was then His eyes were really opened to every sin of the world. Every sin was on Him. Is what I'm doing really for the Lord? If I love the Lord I should let them mock me because I know what I'm doing is only bettering the childrens' lives. It's like I see the sin of this world and others mock me because I'm trying to show Christ to the children while I have the chance. God has brought me to Him since the start of my life. He let me safely to Him and taught me to trust Him at a young age. He has been my God from the moment I was born working my life together.
          I feel like He has also put me where he has wanted me while working with children whether elementary aged children or younger. Public school or daycares. He gave me the feeling of compassion for these children. Every since college, He has given me a passion to go on the mission field but having the sense to travel started much earlier at about the age of 10. He is still giving me the steps everyday to follow Him to make my traveling dreams come true. I'm learning more and experiences more each day and that is what it is all about.
          I might have to have a spiecal entery sometimes in Jan. about what the Lord has done in my life this past year because everything really does add up and I can see where the Lord is leading me but not quite where yet. Look for that entery coming next month. :)