Friday Friday....gotta get down on friday

So here we are on friday!!!

In top news...
* very tired
* Phone and car ok :)
* Church weekend starts in 6 hours
* Had a massage for my back but its sorer than before, grrrr!
*this time next week i will be in christchurch with my friend Mary getting ready to leave for Hawaii!!!!!!!!

But first some Psalms

Psalm 80
Psalm 80 is a cry to God from his people who feel abandoned by him, they know he is rightly judging them for their sin but they want it to stop!

The refrain of the psalm is lovely

"Restore us O God Almighty
make your face shine upon us
that we may be saved."

There is no salvation outside of God and their is no salvation earned its a a gift - God must restore us. I love the image of Gods face shining on us, it reminds me of the wonderful feel of the sun after a dark night or rainy day - i turn my face to the sun for warmth and Joy and so i turn to God for the same things.

Psalm 81
Is almost like a plea from God that the people would turn and listen to him, remember his saving kindness and stop idolatry and disobedience. It harks back to the giving of the law to moses and the people...this is how God wants to be treated.

Verse 8-10
Hear O my people and i will warn you
if you would but listen to me O Israel
You shall have no foreign god among you
you shall not bow down to an alien god

I am the Lord your God
Who brought you up out of Egypt
Open wide your mouth and i will fill it.

And now to go and get some last minute things for the kids program and boy o boy do i want a diet coke!!! maybe in Hawaii!