I woke up this morning thinking about the victims of the Marshall Fire a few weeks ago here in our community in Colorado—1,000 homes lost. What a mess, and what a tragedy, and what a long process to clean-up and rebuild.
Then my mind wandered to the two Afghan families our church team is helping resettle. Today they are safe from Taliban reprisals for their work with the US military, but now face multiple uphill challenges in an unfamiliar world.
With these thoughts in mind I reached for my Bible, which randomly fell open to this passage:
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Perhaps the Lord is saying something?
These words feel appropriate for both situations on my mind this morning, and appropriate for the difficulties we face frequently. I pray the folks affected can be strong and wait for the Lord. I pray many will meet the Lord through these trials, and I pray that all will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of their living.
Psalm 27:13-14 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022
Photo by Julie Blake Edison
And it hits me like a bolt out of the blue that I may actually KNOW Justin – and in fact, may have gone through New Staff Training with him and his wife… ?
Do I have your wife’s name right, Justin? Is your wife HOLLY SMITH ??
Doing the math here and would love your assistance. 🙂
Cathy (Groves) in MIssouri (CiM)
I agree with Justin! Thank you for your faithfulness in writing, Dave! Every day it seems the Lord speaks to me (To The Body) by what He’s Teaching You.
Amen! I read your reflection almost every day. Thanks for your faithfulness.
Thanks Justin!