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Introduction / Psalm 57

Hello all!

Thank you for joining me as I enter the world of blogging! My hope for this blog is to bring some inspiration, reflection, and prayer into the lives of those reading it. If, as Beth Moore has said, the Book of James can be summed up in two words: "Live it," this is my attempt at doing so. I am stepping out in faith to share with those of you whom I know - and hopefully some of you that I don't! Therefore, I am jumping in with both feet and worrying about the details (such as my profile, pictures, and format) later.

My plan is for this to be a weekly blog, although there will be several posts at the beginning because I have lots of devotions already written. Bear with me as some are short, and some are long! Some are directed more toward mom's and I will put a "warning" of sorts on those. I will not post all of my devotions at once because reflection is important. Please feel free to hold me accountable for that weekly post in the future should I be neglectful...

Disclaimer: I am human...and very much fallible! The words I write are simply that...words written by me, although inspired by the Holy Spirit.  I don't mean to offend, and what I take away from Scripture may be completely different than what you do, so please don't respond too harshly if I get it wrong. Or if my grammar is horrible :).

I named this blog "Wake up my Heart," because of the following devotion, written from Psalm 57. Hopefully it will remind us all to focus on keeping our heart awake so that we always remember to be confident in our mighty God!

Different translations of the bible often cause me to think about the same verses in new/different ways and Psalm 57 is a great example of this:

Psalm 57:7-8 in the New International Version (NIV), states:  7 My heart, O God, is steadfast,  my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music. 8 Awake, my soul! …

The same verses in the New Living Translation (NLT) are written this way:   7 My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises!  8 Wake up, my heart! …

Notice the differences are slight - "steadfast" versus "confident" and "heart" versus "soul." 

It seems great insight to me that David knows his heart is confident in the Lord – but also knows that his heart is sleeping, so it may not be aware of this confidence all the time. It is as if David has complete faith in God, but sometimes he forgets, or worse, falls asleep on the job.

Oh, how I empathize with that concept! My heart of hearts is confident in God at all times. It sings His praises, no matter the situation. But, sadly, my heart is not always awake…The body (the world), in trying to protect my heart, sometimes overshadows the confidence that should always be present.

And here is where the NIV comes into play – my heart may be steadfast, but my soul (as what I think of as the deepest part of my heart) isn’t necessarily awake.

Heavenly Father, please help my heart (and soul) always be awake. Let the confidence I have in You rise and shine above all else. When the world tries to take over my life, and lull my heart to sleep, let Your word rise up in me and be awake; be alive in me.

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