BY She Reads Truth
Happy Sunday to you, friends.
We long to be a community who not only reads and studies God’s Word, but who writes it on our hearts so we can lean on it throughout our day, speak truth to ourselves and others, call it to mind and have hope.
Today as we celebrate the influential women in our lives, let’s also honor the One who created us and them – the One who hems us in and holds us close – by memorizing this short passage of scripture together.
You hem me in, behind and before…
Psalm 139:5a, ESV
Jot it down a few times in your journal, tape it by the kitchen window or on your desk at work, save one of the images below as the lock screen on your phone – do whatever works best for you to allow this truth to sink into your heart and mind as you walk forward in this new week.
We’ll see you here tomorrow for the start of our next reading plan – Nehemiah!
13 thoughts on "weekly truth"
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Hi ladies. I love this verse and this chapter of Psalms, but I am struggling with understanding what "hem" means in context of this chapter/verse? What does it mean that God "hems me in" ? Does that mean an embrace? I hope someone can share a little about what they think :) thank you, loves!
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Brittney, Whenever I want to understand more about a verse and especially the content, I read the verses before and after, most of the time the whole chapter. It sheds a lot more insight into the meaning. And, without doing so, many times scripture gets taken completely out of context with a much different interpretation than God intended.
Here's what this verse says to me about being hemmed in. It means that the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent Father God surrounds me on all sides and that He upholds me and strengthens me with Hand as He guides me where He wants me to be. I cannot escape his presence, I cannot say or think anything that He doesn't already know. Think about something tender and precious that needs guidance and protection and care that you would keep "hemmed in" and magnify it to infinite proportions. To me, that is how God hems me in, behind and before and keeps his hand on me and divinely guides my every step. I hope that helps you and encourages you today!
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