one year

i'm not sure what to say, think or feel. but here's a psalm that has been on my heart for the past week or so. God will fight for us! whatever our struggles, whatever our pain, He desires us and will fight for us with true POWER. let your heart be swept away by the passion of his response to the cry of our hearts. pray it out. it blows me away, everytime.

psalm 18

I love you, O LORD, my strength.
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.

He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,

and I am saved from my enemies.
The cords of death entangled me;

the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
In my distress I called to the LORD;

I cried to my God for help.

From his temple he heard my voice;

my cry came before him, into his ears.
The earth trembled and quaked,

and the foundations of the mountains shook;

they trembled because he was angry.

Smoke rose from his nostrils;

consuming fire came from his mouth,

burning coals blazed out of it.
He parted the heavens and came down;

dark clouds were under his feet.
Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,

with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
The LORD thundered from heaven;

the voice of the Most High resounded.

He shot his arrows and scattered the enemies ,

great bolts of lightning and routed them.
The valleys of the sea were exposed

and the foundations of the earth laid bare

at your rebuke, O LORD,

at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
He reached down from on high and took hold of me;

he drew me out of deep waters.
He rescued me from my powerful enemy,

from my foes, who were too strong for me.
They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

but the LORD was my support.
He brought me out into a spacious place;

he rescued me because he delighted in me.

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You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning;

my God turns my darkness into light.
With your help I can advance against a troop;

with my God I can scale a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect;

the word of the LORD is flawless.

He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
For who is God besides the LORD ?

And who is the Rock except our God?

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The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God my Savior!
He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
who saves me from my enemies.

You exalted me above my foes;

from violent men you rescued me.
Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD;

I will sing praises to your name.