Psalm 20
May the Lord answer you
when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of
Jacob protect you.
May he send you help from
the sanctuary
and grant you support from
Zion.
May he remember all your
sacrifices and accept your burnt
offerings. Selah
May he give you the desire
of your heart
and make all your plans
succeed.
We will shout for joy when
you are victorious
and we will lift up our banners
in the name of our God.
May the Lord grant all your
requests.
Now I know that the Lord
saves his anointed;
he answers him from his
holy heaven
with the saving power of his
right hand.
Some trust in chariots and
some in horses,
but we trust in the name of
the Lord our God.
They are brought to their
knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.
O Lord, save the king!
Answer us when we call!
My husband began praying this psalm over me the day I left Uganda and continues to do so. On my 20th birthday he told me of this prayer and committed to praying his own version of it over me every day for a year. At the time we were on a communication fast. With Andrew in Uganda, me heading off to school in America and no speaking or writing going between us, the possibility of seeing one another again looked bleak. However this was a year packed full with spiritual and emotional growth and God had it worked out that before the year was out Andrew and I would be betrothed to be married.
Oh what a year it was. :) Look at where God has brought you and I!
ReplyDeleteSo happy to be a part of that blessed year with you.
ReplyDeleteLove you,
Marisa
Amen! God taught me so much in and through my Insight family. ;) It's so wonderful to have traveling companions on the journeys God leads us through.
ReplyDeleteWoww. I think about you every time i read this Psalm. It's so full of rich promises and blessings. "May God give you your heart's desires and make all your plans succeed." PTL
ReplyDeleteEm I LOVE YOU! ps. I see God all through you!
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