Psalm 4 ~ In Peace

Psalm 4

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!

    You have given me relief when I was in distress.

    Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

2 O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame?

    How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah

3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself;

    the Lord hears when I call to him.

4 Be angry, and do not sin;

    ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

5 Offer right sacrifices,

    and put your trust in the Lord.

6 There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?

    Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”

7 You have put more joy in my heart

    than they have when their grain and wine abound.

8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep;

    for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

When we moved back from Nice, France (my father was an Engineer with Texas Instruments), my father got us tickets to sail on the Queen Mary, but they had a strike and, instead, we came back on the SS Rotterdam. I was young and very upset to see the tugboat leave us out of the harbor. The adults thought I was so cute and all explained the tugboat wasn't needed. Na, I was very correct.

Back in the days when people usually traveled by ocean liner and fewer for airplanes, due to the remnants of glamour and tradition, there weren't many radars. In fact, it wasn't until 1992 many tornadoes were known in advance because the 1945-invented Doppler wasn't in massive production for usage. And if there was a hurricane in the late 1960s, the ocean liners knew about where the hurricane traveled, but the remnants, who tracked?  

That tugs probably knew more than we did, as we arrived 3 days away from the United States. It was a 7 day trip, with our belongings being moved in the ship's hull. The fourth night, we all dressed for dinner, every night, and that night I had on a velvet dress. The first night it was rough. My parents had unusually been placed at a table with the 3 of us. And I became motion sick. And began to hack, as in vomit. And I did. About that time, the ship, hit the next wave and my parents and the table remained crystal clean.  Not my velvet dress. The Captain suggested we should all go back to our rooms. It was the first time we noticed the hallways were lined with rails, and we used them. Everyone did. Back in the room, that night, I fell out of bed. 

The next day, food was brought to the room. All day in the room. That evening, we all traveled back to the dining room. The stairs had people diligently using the rail and moving very slowly. As we got to the dining room, the tables began to slide around the large room. We wondered if the windows would be damaged. And back to the cabin room. I was upset, I was hungry. I seem to remember, no one had any dinner. My father arranged luggage around me to keep me in the bed.  He said if the luggage flew off the bed, they would come get me and put me with them.

The next morning, all was fine. Sunshine. Very, very cold. I had on woolen gloves. We all sat on the wooden lounge chairs on the deck, we would see the United States, New York City, that morning. It was my first view of the United States, the Lady Liberty Statue. We went back into the dining room for as much hot chocolate as was wanted and had a much longed for breakfast. Nourished and warm, safely landed on the shores of the United States of America.

I didn't go back on a ship until 2018, we went on a Cruise of Alaska. As we pulled into the port of Victoria, Canada, the ship next to us was Zaandam.  Edward and I had to laugh, when the children were young, I'd accidentally run their names together and Yell, "Zaandam!"  We took... several photos.

The next ship we would dock next to ....

Turns out, the Rotterdam began moving walls and improving the internal architecture of the ships to bring back cruising as airlines began to take over travel plans. And the beautiful interior of the SS Rotterdam turned the tides on cruise for vacation travel. The industry changed as the SS Rotterdam improved with glass staircases and more pleasant interiors. Doppler Radar and massive communications is a bonus as well.

What did we learn from our ocean voyage so many decades ago?

Psalm 3:4

To the LORD I cry aloud, 

and He answers me from His holy mountain.

 Selah

Psalm 17:6

I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. 

Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

Psalm 18:6

In my distress I called upon the LORD; 

I cried to my God for help. 

From His temple He heard my voice, 

and my cry for His help reached His ears.

Psalm 18:18

They confronted me in my day of calamity, 

but the LORD was my support.

Psalm 18:19

He brought me out into the open; 

He rescued me 

because He delighted in me.

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed,

 for I am your God. 

I will strengthen you, 

I will help you, yes, 

I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Abba, Father 

You are more capable of Blessing than we would ever be, 

Bless us with Your Ways, Wisdom and Heart.

Please

Strengthen our homes, our marriages, our families, our bodies. Give us Your Strength of soul - to make Life filled with Your Marvelous Life.

Fill us - our Loved ones, the people You have given us - our peoples - our Nation - Your Beloved with the Light that fills mankind - Jesus Christ.

We pray for the Lower Mississippi River Valley

God Speed with recovery

and Comfort as they mourn the 26 who

died in Tornadoes.

We pray for housing to be safely

built across the USA

and in Tornadoes and Hurricanes.

Roofing again to have tar in the process and

walls to hold the tar. My great uncle's roof,

he did himself, with tar, lasted 50 years.

And they had a very small tornado in their yard,

seen by the highway drivers and reported in the paper.

My neighbor is from Wadena, Minnesota

and she said, the tornadoes didn't attack

rooms with a cross. So many walls were

left with a cross. The next Sunday,

Churches were packed with people,

as if it was Easter Sunday.

I pray Mississippi River Lower

 Valley will find the Lord

helping them during

this time.

Dwell in us.

Help us to Seek You First.

Uplift the world, Your Good Creation, into Peace

Seeking Jesus

And we will finish well in Jesus Christ.

Lenten opportunity to give:

Mississippi Outreach

We pray for relief to help and reach Syria

and Turkey. Large earthquakes this week.

We pray this will cease. Lord, Your mercy upon this land and 

Your people.

We pray Amazon puts back Amazon Smile,

philanthropy is needed today and this program

was wonderful. Many will feel the clip if Amazon Smile doesn't

continue. Please Lord.

We are Blessed to seek You First. 

Blessed to be finding the High Way of Your Heaven today. 

Blessed to ask to see more Heaven upon earth. 

Blessed to have You as our Daily Bread. 

Blessed to ask to Live Love, Joy and Peace.

Blessed to pray in expectation of Your Love and Willingness. 

Blessed to say Thank You that during Holy Week, 

we have seen the Glimpse of Your Glory 

working to heal the fullness of the earth, Yours.

We have had problems in our neighborhood, 

theft of a mower, acts of violence.

 Pray for peace, please. 

My mother's roof has been fixed when

the quotes ran from 30 thousand

to 22 thousand, then a roofer climbed into the attic

and found the roof to be sound

we fixed it for under a thousand dollars by sealing

the vents properly!!!

THANK GOD

and GOOD PEOPLE.

In Jesus, we Live and ask this for those we Love. 

We pray for our own strength, 

Love and ask Jesus to cover this Nation, those who lead this Nation 

and all other nations in this good fight. 

Thanks for  the Asbury Revival 2023

The Light of mankind to shine with Jesus Christ.

Jesus is the Lord, Amen.

Let Your Words of Life be the Light guiding us to be the Children of God.

In Jesus, we know You long to hold us and we to be held to You.

 Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

YAY JESUS