Scripture and a Thought For Today

Psalm 90:14-17

14 Satisfy us in the smorning with your steadfast love,

that we may trejoice and be glad all our days.

  15 Make us glad for as many days as you have uafflicted us,

and for as many years as we have seen evil.

  16 Let your vwork be shown to your servants,

and your glorious power to their children.

  17 Let the xfavor4 of the Lord our God be upon us,

and establish ythe work of our hands upon us;

yes, establish the work of our hands!

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Psalm 118:24-29

  24 This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

  25 Save us, we pray, O Lord!

O Lord, we pray, give us success!

  26 eBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

We fbless you from the house of the Lord.

  27 The Lord is God,

and he has made ghis light to shine upon us.

Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,

up to hthe horns of the altar!

  28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;

you are my God; I will iextol you.

  29 jOh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures forever!

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It is better to suffer hardship for a long time while abiding in God and only receive His peace for a short while than to live an easy, mediocre, "happy" life without God's life and Joy.