Psalm 8

Yesterday we went to Oamaru for the day.
It was a great experience, seeing what other people do.
And what excites them, and how they work.
But what I find interesting, is that, people are using the old buildings for their business.
Like the artisan bakery, jam factories, ( try to get some of their mixed berry jam.) and other little business's around.
I like seeing people passionate about what they do, they might not be making a lot of money, but it's what they enjoy.
And the old buildings have been there for along time, and there's so much history around.
We even went to the bank where Mum worked, and she even showed me where she got her wedding dress material and the shop is still going!!
Sometimes we all need to just get away and enjoy being somewhere different, it might just be for the day, for a weekend, or perhaps maybe you're taking a longer time off, and just enjoying a gap year.
My encouragement to you, is take things as they come, don't be in such a rush to do everything.
Which brings me to Psalm 8.
David was full of praise, and he wrote a lot of these psalms while tending sheep. Verse 3.
When I consider your heavens the work of your fingers, the moon and the starts,that you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him. the son of man that you care for him.
When God was making the heavens and the earth,  he was already thinking of you.
His mind was set on you, and he really does care, about what you do, how you are going through out your day.
Every wild beast and animal knows about him too, which is interesting, it makes you stop and think doesn't it, that they do intact have souls.
And here we are, wondering what cellphone to upgrade to.
David set his mind on things above not on things below, he knew how fleeting  earthly things are, and how quickly things fade away.
We need to be like David, setting things above looking to what God has in store for us, what he wants us to do.
We need to praise him everyday, for the life he's given us, because all to soon we live far too fast.
We need to have Godly joy, and not look for joy in wrong places.
We need strong minds, that don't waver, and we need to stay on course.
This is my prayer for you, that you have a strong mind like David and that you will stay on course.
We have lots of churches popping up, with all the mod cons, but do we care about the people's souls that enter the doors?
David, was strong, he went after God with all he had, he surrendered his life to serve God, and even though he makes mistakes, God allows us to make mistakes Christian brothers and sisters, we're shouldn't go through the Christian life, like air brushed model, on the dove soap commercials.
He is always with us, he won't ever forget us, he won't say that you're not worth it, because you are.
God looks inside your deep hurting heart and makes it heal.
we need to be mindful, of what God is telling us, and he does speak through the bible, he encourages us, in church, and good friends, not fleeting where are you now friends, but good friends that stick beside you all the way, that believe in you.
Finally, David finishes Psalm, 3, with Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.
Maybe you can be like David today, saying Thank you to God for just the way he is.
Chloe