… May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!” But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay! - From Psalm 70
Lord, you are my help and my deliverer. I seek to find gladness in you even while I ask you to bring me through my difficult days. I love your salvation and praise you by singing! God, you are great! Help me to remember this when it is hard to see. - Amen
What does it mean to you today to seek God? In seeking Him, watch for gladness on the way.
Friends, if the Holy Lens posts were compiled into a book, what would you like to see in terms of the Biblical references? The portion of Psalms as we see in each post or just a reference to the Psalm, encouraging readers to read the whole Psalm? I may have more questions later.
Thanks ahead of time for your input!
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Perhaps you could reference the whole passage but just quote the focus verse. Scripture penetrates, even when we don’t feel it, so I think it’s important to have the Word, not just the reference out there. You never know, it might be the only scripture the reader sees or hears that day.
Once upon a time I read a devotional in the morning that only put the scripture reference, no actual verse(s). Some mornings I had time to look up the verse. Sometimes I even had time to look up multiple translations of the verse. However, the bulk of the days I only had time to read the devotional.
So when I started writing my own devotional, I made sure that the verse is always there along with what translation I’m using. That gives the reader the option to dig further if lead to do that. Otherwise I try not to put a burden on the reader.