Good mornings, Loved Ones:

I’m so grateful and blessed to be called a child of God, through my kinship with Christ. What an amazing thing happened when I walked to the altar, at the age of five, to publicly give my heart to God. As I have grown in age and in maturity in my Christian walk, I understand the words of this Psalm so much better. 

Psalm 16 

The Message (MSG)

A David Song

16 ^1-2 Keep me safe, O God,
    I’ve run for dear life to you.
I say to God, “Be my Lord!”
    Without you, nothing makes sense.

³ And these God-chosen lives all around— what splendid friends they make!

⁴ Don’t just go shopping for a god.
    Gods are not for sale. 

I swear I’ll never treat god-names
    like brand-names. 

^5-6 My choice is you, God, first and only.
    And now I find I’m your choice!
You set me up with a house and yard.
    And then you made me your heir!

^7-8 The wise counsel God gives when I’m awake
    is confirmed by my sleeping heart.
Day and night I’ll stick with God;
    I’ve got a good thing going and I’m not letting go.

^9-10 I’m happy from the inside out,
    and from the outside in, I’m firmly formed.

You canceled my ticket to hell—
    that’s not my destination! ¹¹ Now you’ve got my feet on the life path, all radiant from the shining of your face. Ever since you took my hand, 

I’m on the right way.