To Your Name Be Glory

Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. — Psalm 115:1

We do not take any glory for ourselves.

Instead, to God be the glory.

He is our Creator.

And He is love.

His faithfulness reaches way up to the skies.

To God's name be the glory.

Next week some of my coworkers will return to the office after working at home for the past month.

They are anxious about being among people again.

Comfort them, oh, Lord.

Take away their anxious thoughts.

Lead us to the place of your peace.

God's Righteous Acts

My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long. — Psalm 71:24

God continually blesses me with His righteous acts.


My tongue will tell of them all day long.

From the rising to the setting of the sun, God watches over me.

He is our Creator and Redeemer.

He has planned the months and the years, the seasons and the times for solstice.

We are coming to end of April, but this week has been really hot here in San Diego.

God's righteous acts are continual and amazing.

My Lips Will Shout for Joy

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered. — Psalm 71:22

God has delivered me from the power of death and sin.

My lips will shout for joy.

I will sing praise to God.

Here's our choir before we had to shelter in place.

Now we meet on Zoom every week for our rehearsal.

About 20 of us tune in on Zoom or Facebook each week.

It is fund to catch up with everyone as well as to sing together.

When I sing praise to God, my lips will shout for joy!

I Will Praise God With the Harp

I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel. — Psalm 71:22

This week I went down to our church on Monday to record some hymns for the next few weeks.

One of them was included in our worship service yesterday.

It's on vimeo https://livestream.com/fpcsd/events/9038961

Our pastor gave a wonderful message on Psalm 69.

He made the point that if we don't have something kind to say about someone, we shouldn't say anything at all.

So instead of complaining, I will praise God with singing.

I will thank Him for His faithfulness.

God is the Holy One of Israel.

He cares for me.

God Helps Me

Do not be far from me, my God; come quickly, God, to help me. — Psalm 71:12

Mint in Our Garden

Today Kirk and I weeded the garden, trimmed back the mint, and cut back the ice plant.

Our apple tree is budding happily.

Now it has room to continue growing.

Kirk made the trip to Home Depot, braved the crowds, and picked up some fertilizer.

He also picked up a tomato plant for our garden.

I'll plant it tomorrow.

Last year I was too tired from chemo to do any regular planting.

This year I'm looking forward to veggies from the garden.

God came quickly to help me when I called to him.

God Is My Strong Refuge

I will ever praise you. You are my strong refuge. My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long. — Psalm 71:6-8

I have been working at home for the past three weeks.

But my hours have been long.

It has been stressful to keep my team motivated and get everything done that we need to accomplish.

Even so, I am blessed to have a good job and a regular paycheck.

When we go outside, we get to look at beautiful roses blooming in our courtyard.

I know many others are not nearly as fortunate.

God has blessed our family, and we are grateful.

My mouth is filled with God's praise.

I declare His splendor all day long in my words and deeds.

God My Hope

For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth. From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. — Psalm 71:5-6

Today Kirk took some photos of our roses.

They are very happy with the weather we've been having.

And they are opening and budding like crazy.

God is our Sovereign Lord.

I have relied on him from a very young age.

He brought me forth from my mother.

He has been my hope and my confidence.