Psalm 91 ~ He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

Psalm 91

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

5 You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

8 You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. 9 Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place-- the Most High, who is my refuge-- 10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

12 On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

14 "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. 15 When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.

16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."


In 1996, Edward and I went to a wedding of a good, life-long friend of his getting married in Tyler, Texas. And to this day it's one of my favorite weddings. Edward's good friend timed the sunset to marry at Lake Palestine. He had written his vows to go along with the traditional vows. Edward's good friend had fallen in adoration of Jesus and His Love after graduating from college. And was marrying the Love of his life.

It was outside and all was so beautiful. I was so glad to be there because earlier in the week our oldest son had had 103' fever. The Pediatrician had given our son a shot after discovering strep throat. Cal's fever had not gone down in several hours and I called the answering service - we were told he would be fine, just bathe him in cool washcloths and keep monitoring even when the child would hate the cold washcloths. It had been a very arduous 24 hours. Cal recovered well with oral antibiotics and that shot.

So we were really enjoying that wedding! I woke up in the hotel about 3 a.m. and began to vomit for a day. We returned home and I rested wondering why I was the only one with anything gastric. And on Monday, I began to break out in painful blisters. By the time I got to Edward's good friend, our family physician in Dallas - I had a lot of very painful blisters and a rash on my back. Our Doctor was a heroic and older pilot from World War II and he called my dermatologist and got me an appointment for the next day. By the time I reached the appointment, I had a rash across my back, more very painful blisters and a new type of small bumps.

The Dermatologist said he hadn't seen anything like it. And he called in his older partner. They stepped out and said I had obviously contracted Poison Ivy. I argued that I had not and it was now cool weather and not exploring weather. I was given a shot of cortisone and sent home. I began to vomit again. I called our Dallas physician and he said to come in and he would look again. He offered more cortisone. The rash now covered my back and part of my stomach. More bumps and more blisters. The blisters were so painful that when one formed on my right pointer finger, I couldn't place that finger on the steering wheel and drove with my finger straight up. I was told in a week I'd be better. I could hardly sleep. Later the next week, I called my mother and told her it wasn't poison ivy and I thought I was dying. My mother arrived with a huge, new tube of antibiotics - strong antibiotics - used because we both had had cystic acne. I had been ill by that time about 9 or 10 days. Too weakened to figure out what other physicians to go to.

I applied that very strong antibiotic cream all over my body liberally. I felt better within the hour. And within a day I was so much better - I slept for the first time in a long time. I called to argue with our long term Dermatologist. And I got him on the phone and told him about the relief from vomiting and feeling as if I was dying before the huge tube of antibiotics. Used up in a week's time. We were both told by our same Dermatologist this was a misuse of his prescription. Within a year, we were no longer his patients.

In times of hardship - like beginning to go to the Cardiologist for heart testing at age 42 - this is one of the times in life where His Children begin to wonder where God is.

The Scriptures are like Life. Not really surprising. We search the Scriptures to find the exact phrase - the right verse we are craving. Like a jigsaw puzzle.

This time the memory from 1996 is placed with a facebook message from 2013.
In the obscure world of social media - I am facebook friends with a friend-of-a-friend priest who lives on the East Coast of Canada. I really prefer to know the people I know on facebook very directly. But sometime in 2010, I got a facebook message from a friend telling me to be friends with this Canadian Priest. And usually, you never hear from obscure FB friends - ever.  And sometimes this Priest with 40 something years of 'Priesting' sends me a facebook message and we correspond. And I had my answer from 1996. (Ok - yes - it's a long term jigsaw puzzle, granted.)

So my Canadian FB friend sent me a video Sermon he said he just had sent to him by another priest. And he asked that I please review it - because he felt strongly led by the Holy Spirit this Sermon would be (heartwarming) a life long lesson to be blessed by. And he was right! Because when you strongly remember a Sermon for many years - you have heard from the Holy Spirit of Father God and receive teaching and comfort.

The Point of the Sermon was this:

We crave God to do something Miraculous. Something like the Exodus. Look carefully for God.

Romans 11:5
So too, at the present time, there is a remnant chosen by grace.

We can all live by this today in several ways:

1. God has not brought us so far that He is going to dump us on our head.

2. God does the impossible. And often in subtle ways.

3. Micah 2:12
I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men.

The more we follow God - the more the Path becomes CLEAR.
When we look back - we can see the times in life God was helping. God giving us His Love and His Help. Psalm 139 Promises, Promises, Promises = God is thinking of us more than the sands on the beach.

When we feel we are alone. When our mother is dying, when the dog is dying, when our husband has a terminal illness. When adult children find jobs and get married. And you are in your 50s - God is going to put one Light on the path. We (Children of God) are going to find a way. A Way. A Truth. A Life. Follow the thread of Light. Keep following the thread of Light.

When the Path does not have an apparent solution. God will put just one thread of Light for us. Never give up searching and we are found by God. Look for the thread of His Light.

And the Sermon referenced Corrie Ten Baum - find a way to have gratitude. Find the Foundation. Believe in the thread of Light.

Abba, Father God,

You are our Destination. You are our Creator and Father.

You have given us Blessings. We have Jesus - Light of the world. Light of mankind.

The Disciples bear witness - our Hearts are Warmed by Jesus.

And in this Love, we ask to be Blessed and Sealed forever. Today.

We ask Jesus to flood and warm and enfold our Loved ones forever.

Trusting Jesus with our dearest prayers. Knowing we bring God's Love within us and this prayer reaching His Love forth.

We want the Light of Jesus Christ for this entire Nation. This Nation trusting in God.

We'd be blessed to see the Nations trusting in God blessed by You.

And in the Light and Love God has for us - we are blessed to be the communion of saints - hoping as Jesus said
for more Heaven on earth. Blessed in the Prayer of Real Hope.

Asking this prayer to do more than we can ask or imagine in Jesus Christ. King of Kings.

Let the Word of God be His Willing Blessing to us, we ask.

Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †