Psalm 139

 Psalm 139

You have searched me, Lord,

    and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;

    you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;

    you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue

    you, Lord, know it completely.

You hem me in behind and before,

    and you lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

    too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?

    Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

    if I settle on the far side of the sea,

even there your hand will guide me,

    your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me

    and the light become night around me,”

even the darkness will not be dark to you;

    the night will shine like the day,

    for darkness is as light to you.

For you created my inmost being;

    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

    your works are wonderful,

    I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you

    when I was made in the secret place,

    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed body;

    all the days ordained for me were written in your book

    before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts, God!

    How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them,

    they would outnumber the grains of sand—

    when I awake, I am still with you.

If only you, God, would slay the wicked!

    Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!

They speak of you with evil intent;

    your adversaries misuse your name.

Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,

    and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?

I have nothing but hatred for them;

    I count them my enemies.

Search me, God, and know my heart;

    test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me,

    and lead me in the way everlasting.

This Psalm has seen me through so many tough days. It is one of my favorites.

Today I started school and this Psalm was there to comfort me. He was there to comfort me. 

He searched my heart and led me in paths of peace and joy. On this day. On this day that I worried over for so long.

It was an incredible day. It was a beautiful thing to be back in the classroom with my students. Although so many unknowns lay ahead, I am confident in my Lord and Savior to lead and guide me.

I know that whatever I face, He is with me. He is my source of Light regardless of the darkness that surrounds me.

Surely I will rest in His love (through His grace He will sustain me) and I will share His love with my students.

Every morning, He is with me. When I awake, He is right beside me. He knows my anxious thoughts,  and yet His love and mercy will lead me in His way everlasting. He will see me through it all. He walks beside me every step of the way.