By Lynna Clark

“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in Your bottle.” -Psalm 56:8

What an amazing thought; that the God of all Creation would care enough about me to collect and keep track of my tears. When I consider my life, lots of stubbornness comes to mind. Like LOTS. In fact I think that was one of the largest traits mentioned on a recent DNA profile. So embarrassing. But instead of keeping my sinfulness and shortcomings close to His heart, He considers those covered by His Son. All because I’ve trusted the sinless spotless lamb of God. No collection in a bottle there. Instead, Psalm 103:12 says, “He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.”

Tears collected and kept close. Sins cast far away. Oh how He loves us!

I have never been a strong self-confident woman. I can tuck myself into a corner at home and be fine for days… just so I don’t have to engage with anyone much. My doormat does not say “Welcome!”. I don’t want to add LIAR to my list of sins. But I like this verse about confidence.

“My heart is confident in You O God! No wonder I can sing Your praises with all my heart!” -Psalm 108:1

Don’t worry. It’s a metaphorical singing. And even if the joy comes out, you won’t have to hear it anyway since I’m tucked away in a corner of the house. But yay! Though I am not a strong confident individual, I do have confidence in this. God is faithful. He can be trusted. Philip Yancey said this. “Confidence in what the Lord will do springs from knowledge of what He has done.”

YES! I will rehearse His faithfulness until I am confident too.

Snow at Lake Norman; photo credit Seabert Pittman, my daddy