A Psalms a Day Will Keep the Devil Away

            I went to a conference this weekend called Women of Joy and had an absolute wonderful time!  I was invited by Mary and her daughters for a second time (I’m so privileged lol).  I joke but it is true, I’m very lucky and blessed to have been welcomed to their yearly Women of Faith trips, they have changed my life (the girls as well as the conferences). 

Well this trip, we went to Oklahoma City and in case you don’t watch the news much or if you don’t watch the weather in other parts of the country let me tell you a little about our weekend….baseball sized hail, tornados touching down about 6 miles from us, tornado alarms going off at 2:30am and storms…..so needless to say we ladies came to Jesus more than once this past weekend!!!!  OHH lordy the tornados were touching down all around us girls and it was nerve racking…of course you all know that was the devil right?  Stupid devil tried his hardest but there was still over 2,000 women who showed up all 3 days to this conference and around 30 were saved!  IN YO FACE DEVIL!!!  Heaven party of 30, Hell….30 people called and canceled there RSVP’s hahahahahahha…seriously I love it!

Ok, so moving on to something I learned.  Well, well scripture is a powerful thing.  To me it’s always been confusing, long, and hard to read much less remember any of it.  I’m like yeah, Johan and the Whale…oh that guy David and the giant Goliath.  Now when my pastor breaks it down, then I have an “OHHHHHH, that’s what they meant” moment, actually, I have those moments every Sunday J.  Well Pam Teebow (yes that Teebow) was at our conference this weekend and taught me how much memorizing prayer can help you in your everyday life.  That lady was spitting out prayer every 5 seconds.  She had probably all of Psalm memorized and by golly she had a Psalm for every situation.  She had one she recited to her elf and her kids when she was scared, hurt, and happy, for advise, everything!!!  I thought how awesome would it be to have Psalm tucked away in my back pocket when my friends call crying or upset to help them with their struggles….how could would it be to have that for my kids?  Kids go through so much at school, bad test grade, struggling in gym, in class, bullies, one day boyfriends and girlfriends I mean the list goes on and on and how wonderful would it be to quote the bible to them?  What a great parent and example I would be for them?  She taught us to be women of influence and what better way to influence? 

Well I decided this weekend that I would attempt that and try to start memorizing verses and I’ll start with the book of Psalms and for whatever reason I am going out of order J so the first is this:

Psalm 4: 1-3

                Lord, how they have increased who trouble me!  Many are they who rise up against me.  Many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him in God.” But You, O Lord, are a “shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head.”

I think that will be the perfect one to start with so that I can say that to myself as well as my kiddos when they feel the world is against them.  I hope that verse helps out one or all of you ladies this evening.

Keep your heads up and your hearts praying!  You are special and He has not forgotten about you.  He has a plan for you!