Good morning from beautiful NE Ohio and loving having two of our grand kids with us, a grand dog and just finished breakfast and our morning devotion and prayer with Noah, my eight year old grandson, reading Proverbs 28 ... PRICELESS! In a world seemingly coming unhinged, if you listen to the media, we are reminded in God's Word that it is still God's Creation in which we get to reside so it is His Will that will truly dictate events going forward ... what a blessed assurance in relying fully on that reality and promise, right?
The title today, "Cat herding and deck chairs ..." seems especially pertinent in the times in which we are grasping to understand which is, well, more or less impossible. Have you ever really tried to herd a group of cats in a general direction; not happening. That perfectly describes what I believe the President, Boehner, Reid, etc are feeling driven by this impending credit downgrading and debt ceiling issues. Then, in the midst of it all, there is a sense that there are those trying to be sure the deck chairs are all perfectly arranged on the Titanic even though the unsinkable ship is, well, sinking.
Two crazy metaphors that seems to mesh perfectly in the craziness of our nation's Capitol in a time in our history that is growing disdainful of anything out of Washington for all the televised reasons. It really is sad to see such a great nation faultering so publicly and so badly. That same nation that fought a two front World War successfully cannot now come to consensus on establishing living within a workable budget based on inflows of actual money instead of mountains of continual borrowing. Simply amazing!
Here is what I know ... today! I have a wonderful family. I love my life. I love getting to sing God's praises in a style of music, Southern Gospel, with three other men that love the Lord. I love the church, Canton Baptist Temple, where we get to worship with hundreds of friends that love the Lord and a pastoral staff that embodies God's Will in all they do. In other words, God is just so good so I will rely on that today and not the endless news conferences, barb throwing, threat mongers and just enjoy living this day!
This is all bigger than I but I have a Friend that is bigger than any of it and will make the right things happen for His children IF those children place our sole dependence on Him; He has my dependence so why should I worry, right? Wow, that felt really good to write that but especially to know that it is all so very true and real.
Be blessed!
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