Who May Abide?

You know, one thing I love about being a child of God, is that He loves me enough to never leave me alone, and He always wants me to grow and to renew me from glory to glory. Sometimes this means going through trials, sometimes it means He disciplines us, sometimes it's pure love and joy and grace shown to us that causes us to change, and sometimes it can be the Holy Spirit speaking through the Word.

The other night in my daily reading I read Psalm 15. "Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle?" The verses that followed are completely applicable to us all...they are a great reminder of what is important and what is not. They are black and white in a very gray world. So I thought I would share! I've been meditating on them since I read them, praying over them, asking the Lord to search my own heart, to transform my mind and thoughts. His Word is so good, so true, so full of life.

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LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill?
He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the truth in his heart;
He who does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the LORD;
He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.