Another Birthday
Psalm 16 has been a refreshing reminder of God's grace to me this birthday week (yes, we celebrate for a week around the Merida household over here :-)… Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you."... [My first gift received was all the way from Germany! Thanks baby sis!] [Even got a Skype call in…] [The cookies from Germany had souvenir soccer team stickers in them….] As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips... [After lunch, I loaded up the boys and hit the road for my parents' house in Virginia…and hit some bad traffic with stormy weather around the Petersburg/Richmond area…yikes…] [Oh the blessing of electronic media to travel with for 3 busy boys!] The LORD i