Musings From A Rolling Eyed Turtle

What if I told you there’s a place where you can find pleasures forevermore?  Would you want to know where it is and how to get there?    If you do, check out what the Psalmist says: “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”  (Ps 16:11) It sure looks like the place is at God’s right hand!  Yet, there’s another interesting dynamic to this; that place is occupied.  See for yourself: “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.”  (Col 3:1) “That he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,”  (Eph 1:20) “But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”  (Luke 22:69) “He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the univer...

It caught my eye, well the words in the verse did!  See if they catch yours:  When I felt secure, I said, “I will never be shaken .”  (Ps 30:6)   To feel secure can be quite a wonderful thing.  In feeling secure, you might feel free from danger or harm.  You might feel free from fear, care, doubt, worry or anxiety.    When I looked up other versions of Psalm 30:6, I noticed some other wording that seemed to further enhance this good feeling of security:   When I was safe and secure…   When all was well with me…   When I felt safe…   When things were quiet and life was easy…   And in my prosperity…(which actually was used by most versions)    And then I read more of the outcome of that feeling of security from other versions:   I thought nothing could hurt me…   Nothing can ever destroy me….   I...