They just keep coming!!

Reading: Isaiah 65-66, Psalm 124, and Acts 11

Scripture: Psalm 124:6-8, Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth! We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Thoughts: For the last two years I have been working on building a home on some land, and for the last 18 months of that time we have been living in a 32-foot travel trailer. Throughout the process, we have seen our ups and downs. There have been times when the issues seemed to be insurmountable, and we thought the time in the trailer was only going to be six months to a year. My wife is a stay-at-home mother, homeschooling our kids and we are constantly tripping over each other and have little storage. On top of the process and steps for the house, most recently we have both taken steps to deepen our relationship with God and to support others in their deepening. Just as we took those steps we were attacked. Car problems, issues at work, issues with the house all coming at us at once. We are feeling at the end of our ability, and we possibly have been for a while. Yet, as this Psalm says, we have not been given over as prey, the snares are broken, and we are escaping. Our help is from the Lord.

Prayer: Lord God, I thank you that you are our help, that in our times of need and when we don’t know what to do you are there with us. I are the great I AM you are the creator of all things. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I thank you for the strength to overcome these challenges. I thank you for the blessings and provisions you have for us. Help me to honor you with all I do and all I am.