Psalm 16
Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.
5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
You hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
When my children were very young, my father had divorced my mother for a decades old friend of my mother's. My father handled the inconvenience by changing all his friendships, his family he spoke to = down to having Holidays in out of town hotels and even changing out his beloved pets. My father met one of his grandchildren at lunch one day and suggested if we had lunch again, I should cook a dinner meal and not have luncheon food.
And one summer I began to dream of conversations, happy old days and the return of the family happiness. I'd dream of sitting and laughing with Daddy in my great-aunt Eloise and great-uncle's Cary's house. And instead of the elderly condition of the house, the house was back to my very young years and all was shining, planted, blooming and lovely. Instead, I got the phone call my father had died, when I was 30 years old. We were all stunned for about two years are more. And it was a very sad time.
Lately, with two mothers in Memory Care and Edward not being perfectly well, I dream of loss. Looking for someone who has died. And coming to the realization of 58 years or 43 years or 36 years of conversations will be over. I dream of the quiet.
I've had people come up to me and tell me of their dreams and I don't doubt I will live to be very, very old. And I know God has Hopes and a Future for me. It's the vast ocean of upcoming changes that feel unique - add to that the dreams of change. The change is inevitable. But the dreams are present. The time has shown itself to be occurring and necessary as a Plan of God. I woke up one morning feeling jittery and out of kilter and I asked Abba, -why?
Mark 1:45
But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.
Mark 7:37
And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Suddenly, I felt better. Not just floating in the endlessness of space. Being part of the Plan of God.
God being Almighty is pleased to be God and Get to Know You.
Abba, Father
Thank You for filling our lives with Blessings we never thought to ask for. For the Blessing to come. For the love of years past still warms and brightens. Love never ends. And as Billy Graham put the Light of Christ into the football stadiums showing God's Light shines millenniums later, we pray, today, our faith reflects
Your Steadfast Love and Your Hope and Your Joy.
Asking Love and Mercy of Your Plans in the Highest Name of Jesus, to see Your willingness and go there. Reading the Word of God and seeing the blessings You give, for wisdom, of good attitudes, and skilled in all Your wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to do the work You give us to do.
Father, we bless You in Jesus' name for sharing Your blessings and gracious gifts. You are for each of us. Your mercies renew. Your Steadfast Love continues. Our God of Encouragement. Our God of Love. Daily You bless us. Open our eyes.
Jesus blessing and healing for Elliott.
Jesus blessing and healing us and our cares.
We ask today and tomorrow our Thanks for our loved ones coming into the Love, Joy and Comfort of Your Heart. We pray the comfort of all who have asked prayer. For all we have been given to pray for. And with the faithful, we pray the large prayers for our Nation under God. For the borders God has always crossed. His Word and His Work Eternal. For the faithful we know circle this earth with their prayers heard by our Father God of Love and Encouragement. His Word upholds all life.
Thank You God, Your Word is Good. In Jesus we hope and rest and rejoice.
Amen Jesus is with us. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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