*Last evening I headed uptown right around sunset. I needed to drop off some bills, and one was my City of Kellogg bill at City Hall. I enjoyed seeing the beautiful sunset hovering over the City Hall building on the west end of McKinley Avenue. Where we live in town, we don’t get to experience sunsets, so I always love when I am out and about, and get to see one.
*This morning I taught a student named Eason. At one point in the lesson there was an image of a rabbit on the slide. All of a sudden, he is picking up his computer and carrying it across the room to a cage on the floor to show me his pet rabbit. It was so cute!! I hope I get to teach this student again so I can show him pictures of the rabbits we babysit occasionally, Booker and Bunz.
*I don’t like getting that icky feeling in the pit of your stomach when things all of a sudden seem to be a bit chaotic, or off, or our of sorts. Bam! Today I felt like I was getting hit from all sides with conflict, strife, bad news, sad news, anxiety, worries. I don’t like ending up in this place. I try to avoid it at all costs, but sometimes it is just unavoidable. But how do I cope with days like this? For me, I turn to the scriptures. And take deep breaths!! Psalm 91 is especially comforting to me, with the imagery of being safe and secure in the refuge of God’s love.
Psalm 91
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
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 observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
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 observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 “Because he[b] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
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