"I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips." (Ps. 34:1) |
It's
the end of August, and we're wrapping up the different projects and pages
shared here on the blog. We've been so pleased with the God-honoring,
God-centered posts we've seen all over the Sweet n Sassy facebook pages and
Instagram!
Y'all...
This
was a crazy - CAAARRAZY - month on so many levels.
The
entire summer has been difficult with all sorts of camps, retreats, church
events, vacations, and birthdays of many!
By
now, we've wrapped up the summer with our final vacation that lasted for 10
days total: 6 days travel, 4 days stay. Whew! I'm still recovering,
and not quite up to speed, but I'm much better than I was when we pulled into
our garage.
I'll
never forget that night.
I'll
never forget that feeling.
I'll
never forget that surreal-ness...
And
ya know what? I'm glad. I need to remember what happened because
it's what happened that brought me to my senses regarding God's overall care
and control of a situation.
My
house what not as I'd left it. It was not as I remembered. When we
pulled in, the floor of our garage was under water, inches deep. Through
the door into our laundry room, and turning the corner into the boiler room we
saw the damage. And we saw the source.
A
leak just over a mist had popped on our hot water heater. It sprayed so
peacefully into our boiler room onto the neighboring wall, saturating
ultimately all that hung on it, and causing sadly mold to develop on the wall
of the next room. Oh... boy...
There
are not enough words for how my countenance had fallen; not enough words to
explain that feeling that encompasses tired, weak, depleted, drained, bitter,
and sad all at the same time.
My
enemy was after me, and I knew - I KNEW - that his battle would rage against me
somethin' fierce as I worked with the hubster to settle in and deal with some
100+ gallons of water from our garage floor.
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The morning after this all happened, I awoke with unease
and that sinking feeling... you probably know that feeling I'm talking
about. As I mentioned in my processvideo on my Youtube channel, God drew me
to my Bible that was lying open on my dining room table. It was like
something out of a movie as I moved from room to room, dismal and drained, to
find the Word of God waiting for me among the piles of things still to
unpack. Even more surreal was turning to the next passage in my Bible
reading plan, and seeing Psalm 34 in a completely different and relate-able
way.
"I will bless the LORD at all times;
His praise will always be on my lips. I soul will boast in the LORD; let the
oppressed hear and rejoice! Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name
together. I sought the LORD and He answered me; He delivered me from all
my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; they shall look to
Him and never be ashamed. This poor man called out and the LORD heard
him; He saved him from all of his troubles." (vv.1-6)
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There
are far less words I can muster on just how faithful God is and was during this
time. We've not yet done full repairs to what was damaged and cannot
recover what's been lost, but His hand, heavy and glorious, lifted my burden
and I felt a weight transferred elsewhere. It was unreal, supernatural
and completely welcome.
David
wrote of tragedy and loss, despair and attack, but usually from the posture of
praise! Usually, his position in the LORD of all Lords, and the God of
all gods, reminded him often (as it should the rest of us who are in Christ)
that he was protected, watched, cared for and loved. His heart was safe,
secure in the hands of God the Creator and Sovereign.
The
flooding of my downstairs was bad, but it could have been worse. PRAISE!
The
damage to our house was awful, but it could have been so much more.
PRAISE!
The
loss of goods and items was countable, but we are still being taken care of by
a good God. PRAISE!
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Dear
God, your praise will ever be on my lips, so far as it is in my power to do
so! I count on Your Holy Spirit to continually nudge and convict me of
how much You have blessed, that I may praise You all the days of my life, sun
up to sun down.
I
love You, LORD.
I
adore You, Yahweh.
I
praise You El Roi, the God who sees. Amen.
Much
love,
Deeds
Links
to stamps below!
Link to "In His Image," here. |
Link to "Singing Praises," here. |
Link to "Let's Do This," here. |
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