“When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up. In the multitude of my (anxious) thoughts within me. Your comforts cheer and delight my soul!" Psalm 94:17-19

Verse Reflections:  My “foot slips” a lot.  I love the idea of saying this to God and Him holding me up.  I think King David was a lot like us.  He has anxious thoughts and He turns to God for comfort and cheer.  In this verse Daivd turns from being anxious to his soul being delighted.  He turns from his foot slipping to God holding him up.  God is strong.  When we slip He can take care of us.  We shouldn’t chastise ourselves when we aren’t perfect.  We should depend on God to extend us mercy and loving-kindness.  We should plan on getting back on the path our foot slipped off of and letting God hold us up.  When we get anxious or depressed or mad or worried we should also turn to God.  He will not only comfort us but He will cheer us up or “delight our soul”.  Claim this when you wake up ready to stay in bed with the covers over You.  Write a list of what You are happy about, what delights Your soul  So often my anxious thoughts are the root of my overeating.  My thoughts start racing so I push them so far down that my body starts to feel tense and anxious.  Then I just want to eat.  This is when my foot can slip.  But we need to know the Lord can hold us up.  Today let’s expect to be held up by God.  Let’s plan to be delighted in our soul.

Prayer:  Father, I come to You today expecting to be successful in eating Your foods.  I come to You expecting to be cheered up, to be delighted in my soul.  My spirit is happier just thinking about this verse.  I don’t remember ever reading this before.  I am going to imagine You holding me up and sprinkling happy powder all over me today.  Thank You for taking care of me when I slip.  I know I keep You busy because I am constantly slipping.  Thank You for Your mercy and loving-kindness.  Thank You for holding me up.  Thank You for letting me lean on You when I get anxious.  Thank You for comforting me and even cheering me up and delighting my soul.  I love You.  Your friend whose foot slips a lot.  ME.