{"id":570,"date":"2010-11-07T07:05:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T12:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/?p=570"},"modified":"2015-08-27T20:35:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T00:35:27","slug":"psalm-102-esv-devotional-and-iphoneapp-%e2%80%93-love-righteousness-quote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/psalm-102-esv-devotional-and-iphoneapp-%e2%80%93-love-righteousness-quote\/570","title":{"rendered":"Heavens are the Work of Your Hands – Psalm 102 ESV 2 Minute Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Day to day, I tend to think of myself as eternal. When I go to sleep, I believe that I will wake to another day, and another, and another. When I look around, I expect the buildings and landscape to be the same day to day, year to year. Certainly, the stars in this beautiful NASA image will remain forever.
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Then there are those circumstances that remind me of the transitory nature of life. Things change – a friend passes away, a landmark building is demolished, or we move to a new house.
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In Psalm 102, the Psalmist comments on the eternal nature of God. I love the imagery of the Psalms. Those “eternal” stars, the heavens, will “wear out like a garment.” It took me four years to wear out a pair of tennis shoes, but stars take a bit longer.
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Dear Lord, You are eternal, I am not. This body will wear out. Lord I want to be with you when that happens. Jesus makes that possible – let me come to know him now. Amen.<\/p>\n

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Day to day, I tend to think of myself as eternal. When I go to sleep, I believe that I will wake to another day, and another, and another. When I look around, I expect the buildings and landscape to be the same day to day, year to year. Certainly, the stars in this beautiful … <\/p>\n

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