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Psalm 42
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Wandering Views 
Prayers for dear DIL and her father’s family on the passing of her grandmother this morning. Ruth was a strong lady who was loved and respected by everyone in their very large family.
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Yesterday I posted a prayer request regarding asking our upstairs tenants/friends to start looking for another place. Today I talked to Marlene on the phone & gently made my request. (I had wanted to speak with her face-to-face, but, hearing from her daughter that I wanted to see her, she called me while she was in her car, waiting while her husband ran an errand.)
I had so hoped that they would already have figured that this is a request that would be made eventually. But she said she had no idea, & my request came as a very unhappy shock. She mentioned that her husband had come back to the car & was wondering why she had tears running down her face.
Even though this is something we really have to do, I feel awful! Hoping & praying God will bring them to something unexpectedly good. (Again, besides the matter of their finances, there is the matter of finding a place that will accept their three cats & a dog, which worries her.)
Please pray that God will increase their faith, comfort them, & lead them to the home He has for them.
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Praying for peace for you, Karen. You do have to do what is best for your family. They cannot expect their housing situation to remain the same, when they are renting. Renters often have a change of landlords and fees, no matter where they are renting. It is one of the downsides of not owning your own home. I do pray they will find the right home for them.
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Karen, sometimes you have to have “fierce” conversations with people. They had to know you were cramped in your space. I assume you are moving Mommy and Forest upstairs but are you also moving younger daughter?
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Prayers for all the families ladies.
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Praying for all requests above.
AJ, thank you for posting this psalm. Verse 1 reminds me of the song setting for it, which I love.
This video has a lot of nice Bible verses in it, in addition to Psalm 42:1.
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Kim – Yes, Chrissy will be moving upstairs, too. There are three bedrooms upstairs, one for each of them. The reason we only have two bedrooms down here is that we have a dining room but upstairs has a larger eat-in kitchen. Our dining room is not a completely separate room, but is attached to the kitchen, has a bay window, & the door to the back porch, so it could not be made into another bedroom.
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Karen, oh dear. When I was looking to buy the real estate guy recommended a duplex (we have lots of 1920s Spanish style duplexes in our town) but after being “landlord” to my mom’s house as a rent for the 7 years before I didn’t want the added responsibility.
It would also have been extra income, however — and now I’m sorry I didn’t give it more thought, I’ve had a few friends, etc., who really could have made good long-term tenants. Oh well.
Praying it all goes well and that a new option opens up for them. I feel for you, it’s awkward I’m sure!
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