“I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” Psalm 16:8 KJV

I was behind in my honey-do list and found some time to get several things done around the house. Work for me generally includes gloves so I don’t have to spend so much time cleaning the grunge from under my fingernails. I buy the Dollar Tree gloves in multiples so I always have a pair on hand. Going to my truck, in a hurry as usual, I dug behind the seat where I usually throw my gloves when I am done with a job. I came up with 6… and they were ALL LEFT HANDED!

I’d like to say I laughed and thought it humorous. But being honest, it made me angry! How can I possibly LOSE 6 right hand gloves? Where did they go? Is there a systematic pattern I go through that causes the problem? Are sinister forces at work… deliberately upsetting my timeline and spirit… just because they can? (yes… I really gave that one a serious thought!)

David was right handed. I know because he refers to his right hand a lot. The majority of people are right handed… therefore the right hand has come to symbolize a person’s strength. Now that my mood, plan and timing had been interrupted, my attitude instantaneously switched dwarfs! I went from ‘Happy’ WITH the Lord to ‘Grumpy’ in the flesh faster than Superman can change suits! But I was MORE upset that I could so easily ‘be moved’ than I was at the loss of the gloves.

It has been said that Michael Jackson used his famous right hand glove to cover the affects of a skin disease… which may be true. I KNOW ‘I’ have a dis-ease when my flesh gets uptight at interruption. I ALSO KNOW that there is only 1 remedy! It is holding onto HIS powerful hand.

Of all the spiritual questions asked, this one is the most common… ‘how can God love me when I am such a sinner?” It is an underlying question that ALL believers experience. Feeling dirty and carrying the evidence of grunge under my nails, how can God even love me? While looking up the different versions of this Scripture, I discovered differing punctuation as well! Which leads me to believe previous saints wrestled with the same question.

Some versions use a period between ‘me’ and ‘because.’ Some use a semicolon. I have set the Lord always before me(.;) because…! I think HOW this verse is punctuated makes a difference. My spirit is not free and secure because ‘I’ have made it so. I am free and secure because HE has made me so. By turning to Him and placing my strongest hand into HIS… I can rest assured that I shall not be moved from my secure position… no matter how I feel! In other words.. I vote for the period version!

Driving home from running errands I was going past the Dollar Tree. I pulled in and bought some more gloves because… I am NOT going to let the loss of a glove.. and my mood… stop me from getting the job done. Right Lord?