Psalm 103:5 …who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Verse 8 really stands out to me in today’s scripture. “Compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love,” what a beautiful description of the Lord. What a beautiful description of anybody. I would like to be more like that. At my best, I hit many of those traits, but, unfortunately, I’m not always at my best.
Psalm 103:6 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
If I had to pick one thing to focus on, to work on, to get better about, I think it would be being slow to anger. I shared not long ago a valuable lesson about my spouse I have learned over the years–If something seems out of character, then I’m probably misinterpreting what happened (or why). That realization helped ease my knee-jerk anger reaction with my spouse, but I still have the anger reaction in a lot of areas in my life. That’s definitely something I need to work on.
Psalm 103:7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
Precious Savior, Thank You for a beautiful description of You to emulate. Help me to be more like You: “compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.” Let love, not anger, be my default reaction. Help me to be more like You with each breath, so that when others look at me, they see You shining through. Amen.
Psalm 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
Have a blessed day.