Daily Affirmations - Day 4 - Health and Happiness - Continually Flourishing
- Alisa B.
- Jul 15
- 2 min read
Day 4: Continually flourishing
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on His law day and night.
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers (Psalm 1:1-3).
Commentary on Psalm 1:1-3 — For the person described in the text:
He shall have the fruit, or benefit, of his godly life in due time, and when it will be most for his advantage, possibly in some measure in this life, but assuredly in the life to come.
His leaf also shall not wither — His blessedness is not short and transitory, as all worldly [happiness] is, but fixed and everlasting, like those trees which are continually green and flourishing.
And whatsoever he does shall prosper — All his actions, being directed by the word, providence and grace of God, shall be crowned with success in one respect or another, (for even disappointments, losses, and afflictions, shall work for his good,) and with a blessed effect or end.
~ Benson
O God, who hast taught us Thy divine and saving oracles, enlighten the souls of us sinners for the comprehension of the things which have been before spoken, so that we may not only be seen to be hearers of spiritual things, but also doers of good deeds, striving after guileless faith, blameless life, and pure conversation.
Release, pardon, and forgive, O God, all our voluntary and involuntary sins, such as we have committed in action and in word, knowingly and ignorantly, by night and by day, in mind and thought, forgive us all in goodness and love.
~ Liturgy of St. James ~
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