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Better Than Life

"Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You." Psalms 63:3 Recently, I have been wanting to write a poem with the phrase "better than life" as a recurring line or theme. That is when I started looking at Psalm 63 and realized the timeliness of it. This is a prayer of worship, but it is also a prayer of surrender. Today, we can get so easily caught up in everything of this empty world, but David reminds us that God's "lovingkindness is better than life."  Things of this world do not matter. But we are also reminded that there is more than just this life. We are also reminded that if we are in Christ, we are no longer of this world. "...My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water." Psalms 63:1 How easy it is to forget what fills us. How often do we go to something else, something that does not last, looking for it to satisfy our thirst? Let's

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In this time of fear and unknown variables, what does our Father call us to do? We are called to stand out, to be noticeably different. 1 Peter 3:15 says to "always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you…" So, how are we supposed to respond to COVID-19 and the fear that has accompanied it? In answering this question, I must address the fear of the unknown. There is a reason the Bible says "do not fear" so many times. Throughout history, people have almost always been afraid of what they do not know. However, we do not need to be afraid, because we know that there is One who does know everything. We can lose the sense of fear by giving Him control. If we choose to listen to our feelings and everything the world tells us, we will continue to live in fear. But if we surrender our fear to God, He can and will replace it with an overwhelming feeling of peace. This peace will influence our actions and the wa