The Night Before

It is the night before my first Feis of the year.  A new solo dress.  A badly bruised toe.  Excitement and anxiety.  It is times like these when I am clearly reminded of my need for my steady Rock, the faithfulness of my never changing God.  When I begin to worry about being better than all the others and proving myself, I just have to remember that my performance does not change my worth or value in His eyes.  I am loved so much.  And He loves every other dancer just as much as me.  Discovering these truths and learning to seize them has been and is a long and difficult process.  I am thankful for His patience and that I have a chance to show other dancers the value and worth they have outside of their dance performance.

34  I will bless the Lord pat all times;

his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2  My soul qmakes its boast in the Lord;

let the humble hear and rbe glad.

3  Oh, smagnify the Lord with me,

and let us exalt his name together!

4  I tsought the Lord, and he answered me

and delivered me from all my fears.

5  Those who look to him are uradiant,

and their faces shall never be ashamed.

6  vThis poor man cried, and the Lord heard him

and wsaved him out of all his troubles.

7  xThe angel of the Lord yencamps

around those who fear him, and delivers them.

8  Oh, ztaste and see that athe Lordis good!

bBlessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

9  Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,

for those who fear him have no lack!

10  cThe young lions suffer want and hunger;

but those who dseek the Lordlack no good thing.

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