September 20

Psalm 36:9 (NKJV)

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

NLT:  For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see.

Proverbs 20:24

A man’s steps are directed by the Lord.  How then can anyone understand his own way?

NLT:  The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

NLT:  For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long.  Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!  So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen.  For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.