Saturday. March 28

Blessed are the undefiled… who walk in the law of the LORD.... I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. Psalm 119:1, 7


These verses for me reflect both praise and trust. We admire and praise those who can and do perfectly follow the ways of the Lord. For the rest of us, which is probably nearly all of us, we trust in God that when we do fail to follow consistently God’s way that God will deal with us justly and forgivingly. And we need to thank God for such grace by trying again to live as we have been taught.

Such in my view is the human condition. Within all of us, irrespective of race, ethnic background, religion or culture, there are times when we reach out to others consistent with God’s laws and ways. Yet, there are other times when we completely fail to do as God would have us do.


Lord, help us to do our best to find you, to keep your words in our heart, to obey you and reject the temptations to be other than we should be in your sight. Amen.

Elder Sue Locke