18 Jan 2024
Tears in a Bottle
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In God I trust; I shall not fear.
Have mercy on me, O God, for men trample upon me;
all the day they press their attack against me.
My adversaries trample upon me all the day;
yes, many fight against me.
In God I trust; I shall not fear.
My wanderings you have counted;
my tears are stored in your flask;
are they not recorded in your book?
Then do my enemies turn back,
when I call upon you.
In God I trust; I shall not fear.
Now I know that God is with me.
In God, in whose promise I glory,
in God I trust without fear;
what can flesh do against me?
In God I trust; I shall not fear.
I am bound, O God, by vows to you;
your thank offerings I will fulfill.
For you have rescued me from death,
my feet, too, from stumbling;
that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
In God I trust; I shall not fear.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
18 January 2024 @ 11:12 pm
Thank you for such a poetic, profound way of leading today’s reflection in these difficult days.
19 January 2024 @ 2:23 am
Thank you Deborah. I shall not fear, a great reminder!
19 January 2024 @ 2:41 am
Powerful! Thank you, Deborah.
19 January 2024 @ 5:06 am
Deborah, you certainly have showed the relationship between daily life and Scripture, and done it in such an inspiring way. Thank you and I pray you are recovering from the ice storm.
24 January 2024 @ 5:00 am
Debbie, as usual, your preaching has touched my heart. Thank you! I pray that you and Greg are safe and warm now. We here in the east have remnants that remind us of taking care as we step to the car! The rest of this week will be rainy, so I expect that most of the ice will be gone by the weekend. But Winter is not finished yet, so perhaps we wil again slip and slide — or watch from inside! Be well and keep preaching in whatever way you can!
Love, H