Monday, April 21, 2008

My Favorite Psalm.

Psalm 143

O LORD, hear my prayer,
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief.
Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous before you.
The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in darkness
like those long dead.
So my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is dismayed.
I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done.
I spread out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
Answer me quickly, O LORD;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me
or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD,
for I hide myself in you.
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground.
For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life;
in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
destroy all my foes,
for I am your servant.

This is has been my favorite Psalm forever. But I have never really noticed what the number was to it... 1-4-3.
These 2 people who I was friends with use to date. They use to always say "143" to eachother and it would drive all of my friends and I crazy. It meant I love you because "I" is a 1 letter word. "LOVE" is a 4 letter word. and "YOU" is a 3 letter word. 143. get it?
They got it from a movie and I always thought it was cute.I was jealous because I wanted someone to say "143" to myself. Well I just noticed literally about 10mins ago that my favorite Psalm for the past 4 years or so is numbered 143.
I am lucky enough to be able to say that I have a "143" Psalm to share with the GREATEST person in my Life... Yeshua HaMashiach... Jesus the Messiah :-)

Isn't that so cool?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

143

Unknown said...

THAT IS AWESOME RACHEL!! I love it when God does stuff like that to remind us what we mean to Him as individuals. Thanks for writing this! You're pretty incredible.