MY LIFE
Today's reading:  Psalm 24-26

"To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul."  Psalm 25:1 NKJV

Another psalm to ponder this Wednesday. 

You can have my soul, Lord.  The part of me that's left when I'm done breathing.  The part of me that is deep down inside me.  The part of me that lives on once I've been accepted into Your kingdom.  That part is easy to hand over to You, Lord.  

But to read it in another translation...

"O Lord, I give you my life."  Psalm 25:1 NLT

My life?  To give you the living, breathing part of me?  The part that I allow to be governed by emotions, outside influences and circumstances?  The part of me that I am advertising for You by each word, thought and act?  The 'skin' that people see--people, I'm to be winning for you? 

That's harder.

That requires more intention on my part. 

That will warrant a real change in what I do and say, if I offer it wholeheartedly and genuinely.

That affects the here and now--today.

Oh, it's not that I don't want You to have it...but given how it looks most days, would You really want it?