Day: January 16, 2021

This week was all about pondering and reflecting on God’s faithfulness.

A little story: for months, I’ve been deconstructing my faith passively aggresively. For now, I think I’m slowly getting back on track with my relationship with God.

I’m using Francine River’s book, Earth Psalms, as a devotional which I hope will encourage and inspire me in my faith.

To be honest, being in this journey is such a hard process; one that I feel can easily crumble down. Knowing that the religion I used to practice is a false one has definitely shaken me to the core.

This week’s topic will be a soothing relief to my soul as it talks about God’s mercies and protection.

Here are some of my reflections and updates throughout the week:

What does it mean that God’s mercies are new, or fresh, every day?

For me, it means that God gives us a brand new, clean slate to start all over again each day. When we ask forgiveness, He forgets about our sins and encourages us to move forward.

I struggle a lot with reminiscing past mistakes and regrets so this wonderful truth of God’s mercy & steadfast love is like a soothing balm to my heart.

Yesterday’s mistakes don’t carry over.

How can remembering God’s faithful presence and protection give you peace as you go about your daily activities?

To have in mind God’s faithful presence and protection, gives me peace that no matter what the day brings, God is greater and He is in control.

I don’t go out much these days, I’m usually at home. It does make me feel safe but sometimes challenges come along as well. Remembering God is faithful and will protect me, gives me courage.

Sometimes I realize I’ve been protected from a harm such as almost falling off the stairs, or almost slipping through the bathroom floor, and other common accidents that can happen inside the house. And who knows what God’s protection has done for my parents.

This week was one of the coldest so far this month. Sunrises and sunsets were not visually seen, except for a few. Here are some photos I took.

Personal thoughts and reflection:

This week has brought me so much peace. I love how I’m taking this faith journey, slowly and without pressure. It has given me a lot of time to meditate and think about God. Every morning, I reflect on select Bible verses rather than reading chapters and not retaining anything. I also listen to this playlist I made based on the book, every morning.

You can follow it here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1x3o0V2I4gviD9QmB2QOSk?si=5Gv5vHnIRWeHlVAI7AbSPQ

It will be updated every week.

Overall, I’m just really happy to be getting back my relationship with God.

One thing I can improve is to take time to observe the sunrises and sunsets, rather than treat it as a 3 minute objective to take a photo and post it here. I will definitely try to take more time and focus on observing the incredible beauty of our Creator.