❀ When the sky is darkened ...

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"I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety."
Psalm 4:5 KJV

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On the corner of Jamboree and Santiago, families have set up camp after evacuating their homes a week ago. Life goes on. A little boy celebrated his six birthday. These people don't even know if they have a home to go back to. And now the Santa Ana winds might pick up again ... My heart goes out to them. I don't know their name, haven't seen their faces, but my eyes well up with tears a I read their story. Pray ...
How does anyone handle these situations without the assurance of God's providence? Old hymns often come to my lips and bring comfort to my heart when I need a touch. I feel so close to my Savior when I sing to Him, His peace comes down and surrounds me. And I am safe.

❀ What do I know ?

"I have held many things in my hand, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."
Martin Luther
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"Preserve me O God: for in Thee do I put my trust."
Psalm 16:1 KJV

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"I trust you Lord". How often we say these words. But how often do we live like we believe it? Yet, every time we try to "help" God, we just make a mess out of it. Then it takes longer for His will to be done because now, He has to fix things up first, and then we go on again.

❀ In the mist of it all, there is beauty to behold

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"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers ... What is man, that thou art mindful of him?"
Psalm 8:3-4 KJV

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Today is a special day. It's a beautiful day. It's a perfect day. It is the day that God has made. The night broke into dawn. The birds are chirping in the trees, in a short while they'll flock by the dozens to the feeders and the air will be full of life. The wonderful scent of roses in full bloom is like perfume rising from the earth. Life, precious life.
The simplest, smallest wonder of nature is by far more beautiful than anything man could ever come up with. Have you ever wished you could change the color of a wild flower or it's leaves to make it better? the plumage of a wild bird? the shape of a cloud? the number of petals on a daisy? the pattern on a butterfly's wings? the stripes of a tiger? the spots on a giraffe or dots on a lady bug? the length of the arms of a starfish or of the legs of a crab? They are perfect.
Awesome, perfect, nature is perfect, the handy work of God the Creator.