Emergency kit

God's Word is timeless, it's an Emergency Kit addressing all our spiritual needs.  I smiled as I read this section of Psalm 119.   In these verses the author, hangs on to these words for dear life, they rejuvenate him, he watches for God's "ancient landmark words."  I do too.  When I pray I watch for His answer- sometimes it's yes, no, or later.  But He always answers.  The author thinks about God's Word at night, he sings it.  Like us he lived in a time of confusion, and derision.  Today Christians are sometimes misunderstood, and blamed for the strangest things.  There were a few months, that if a Politician's idea wasn't accepted, he'd say it was the Christians.  We shouldn't lose heart though, blame gets passed around in our society- next it was the Republicans and so on...  The author found counsel in the Word.  I love it when we sing songs from the Bible.  In college, we'd fill the auditorium with the most beautiful choruses, with a simple guitar or no instruments at all.  It was beautiful.

Psalms 119:49-56

49 Remember what you said to me, your servant —
I hang on to these words for dear life!
50 These words hold me up in bad times;
yes, your promises rejuvenate me.
51 The insolent ridicule me without mercy,
but I don't budge from your revelation.
52 I watch for your ancient landmark words,
and know I'm on the right track.
53 But when I see the wicked ignore your directions,
I'm beside myself with anger.
54 I set your instructions to music
and sing them as I walk this pilgrim way.
55 I meditate on your name all night, God,
treasuring your revelation, O God.
56 Still, I walk through a rain of derision
because I live by your Word and counsel.
THE MESSAGE

Here's a few of my favorite emergency verses I've memorized.
When I'm thinking about the past too much-
Isaiah 43:18-19
18 Forget the former things;
       do not dwell on the past.
 19 See, I am doing a new thing!
       Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
       I am making a way in the desert
       and streams in the wasteland.

When I'm confused as to what to do-
Prov 3:5-6
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
       and lean not on your own understanding (to me this is worries);
 6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
       and he will make your paths straight.