Day 12-Always have hope

My Prayer: Psalm 71:14 (New International Version)
14 But as for me, I will always have hope;
I will praise you more and more.

The Reading: Mark 4-5
Mark 4:13-20 (New International Version)
13Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14The farmer sows the word. 15Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."


My Thoughts: I know some people who've claimed a certain verse as their own, it's a life verse, something that sums up their belief. I don't really have one, but I like the Psalm above. I want to be filled with hope. I want to be like the seed sown on good soil, not the on the rocks or thorny soil. And right now, I think I'm getting hung up in the rocks. So, what do I do? Build roots. To hold on, I need roots. Or to mix my parables, I need to be a stronger branch...by staying closer to the vine...or something like that. Anyway, God doesn't change...Jesus doesn't change. But I do. Or I can change if I want to. Maybe this Psalm can be mine "But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more."

Check out the Chris Tomlin song...How Great is Our God.