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Sending Out an SOS Bible in a Year: Leviticus – Matthew 27:1–26 I sought the Lord, and he answered . Psalm 34:4 Today's Scripture & Insight: Psalm 34:1–10 When the hut of a settler in a mountainous region of Alaska caught fire, the settler was left without adequate shelter and with few provisions in the coldest state in the US—in the middle of a frigid winter. weeks later, the man was finally rescued when an aircraft flew over and spied the large SOS he had stamped out in the snow and darkened with soot. The psalmist David was certainly in dire straits. He was being pursued by jealous King Saul who sought kill him. And so he fled the city of Gath, where he pretended be insane in order preserve his life (see 1 Samuel 21). Out of those events emerged Psalm 34, where David cried out in prayer God and found peace (vv. 4, 6). God heard his pleas and delivered him. Are you in a desperate situation and crying out for help? Be assured that God still hears and responds our desperate prayers today. As with David, He’s attentive to our distress calls and takes away our fears (v. 4)—and sometimes even saves us “out of [our] troubles” (v. 6). Scripture invites us to “cast [our] cares the Lord and he will sustain [us]” (Psalm 55:22). When we turn our difficult circumstances over God, we can trust that He’ll provide the help we need. We’re secure in His capable hands. Reflect & Pray When have you felt peace after crying out God? When has He rescued you from a desperate situation? Loving Father, thank You for hearing my prayers and bringing comfort, peace—whatever I need most. And thank You especially for rescuing from my sin. 
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I wouldn't call it a desperate situation, but it sure is exasperating. I have been frantically searching all day for something that I usually have pretty handy..... my camera! I think I had it Wednesday and took it with me to the shop to take some pictures of our booths. But when I looked for it this morning, it wasn't anywhere I would normally put it. I called the shop and the owner said she had not seen it and nobody had turned it in. Joe and I drove down to the shop and I checked each of our booths at least three times with no luck. If I left it there, someone must have stolen it. I'm so angry with myself for losing it. Oh, it can be replaced, but I still can't believe I lost it. I need more help with my anger at myself than I do with finding that camera. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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7/9/2021 5:20 pm |
Luckily the guy accumulated enough soot to blacken the snow or the pilot would not have noticed his plight. Good thinking.
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I usually find something lost in the last place I had it. As I often say, Bette Davis said, getting old isn't for sissies  When and where you least expect it it will be there. Did you check in and under the car seats........that is where I found something recently. Spaces beside the car seat. In and under chairs, couch, bed...in and under a least likely place and an ah hah moment! Guaranteed that is where it will be.
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Oh yeah, check the fridge. My Mom found her purse in hers and she looked and looked and later found it there. She said she remembered putting it in there as she had it in her hand as shed was getting something out....milk I think it was.
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