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Almost 5:30 PM and I just had my “quiet time”, which really wasn’t that at all.  I am enduring work stresses right now, and I slept right through my morning reading and prayer time.  You know, this is really hard to admit I failed to you joining me!  Even more so, it is harder to admit to God that I gave him such a small part of me today.  Of course I had a bad day…I started off trying to handle things on my own.  I remember my grandmother had a little plaque on her kitchen counter right next to where she stood to have her coffee and watch her hummingbirds every morning that read, “Lord, help me to remember that nothing that is going to happen today that you and I together can’t handle.”  I know most of you probably have seen this quote somewhere before, too.  I used to think that it was a ‘cheesy’ statement that old school Christians (no offense, please!) liked to see hung or placed in guest baths or wherever.  But, I realize now (maybe I’m getting older, maybe just wiser in my faith) that this is such a simple yet amazing statement.  And, I wish I had taken the time, even though I am so busy, to at least pray that little prayer before I started this day. Verse 80 says, “May my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be put to shame”.  I desire to have this blameless heart, but I know by the number of times I feel shame that I am falling short.  I will continue to follow the psalmist’s lead in my prayer to not just read but LIVE God’s word and let it infiltrate me and my life.