Lord, you establish peace for us;
all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but your name alone do we honor.
They are now dead, they live no more;
their spirits do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;
you wiped out all memory of them.
You enlarged the nation, Lord;
you have enlarged the nation.
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders of the land.
These are verses I first read as in high school during a time when I was fighting with my best friend. In those years I was simply caught up by the peace God offered. But over the years these verses have grown with me as I have returned to them over and over. He is about removing anything that rules over us in order to extend his glory.
(Thanks to Renee Neiser Lorincz, my high school volleyball coach who encouraged me to turn to God and the Scriptures when life felt hard)
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