Wednesday, December 29, 2021
The Sun Goes Down
The Ice Captures the Weed
The Snow Covers the Ice
…
Always
By God’s Tender Mercy
We Are Healed and Live Abundantly
Psalm 30:2
O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.
Luke 1:78-79
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Words of Grace For Today
By the tender mercy of our God …
Everything that is blessing and gift in this life is
By the tender mercy of our God.
…
By the tender mercy of our God we learn to treasure all that each day brings to us:
The sunrise, the sunset.
The COLD outside (-46⁰C), the HEAT of the furnace’s chimney (2000⁰C).
The relentless attack of our enemies’ (lies to destroy, destory, and kill us – by which we learn to trust God alone) and the gracious response of truth, both exposed by Christ’ light (by which we learn to hope only in God’s tender mercy).
New food allergies and intolerances (that increase our food costs and teach us with pain how to eat well) and the plethora of good and nutritious food available from the food bank and the grocery stores (from which we can choose how to deal with new dietary limits.)
The skills of many decades of capturing the good beauty of life in photos, of writing words that inspire hearts and minds to live better, to live well, the dancing steps to music and through the snow and woods and atop the roofs, the knowing of languages from ancient times, of foreign lands and using ‘artificial intelligence’, the piloting precision-decision-making over and under clouds, around obstacles on the ground, and between hills and mountains and leaving & returning to earth, the melding with machines to accomplish work and travel safely in all kinds of conditions, and the seeing God present walking with us each moment (good and terrible).
And most of all the miracle of being healed so that we are able to love those that love in return and those who return for love betrayal, who return for love hatred and evil, and even for those who corrupt justice for so many giving privilege to the wealthy and connected.
By the tender mercy of our God we live filled with hope for our tomorrows, and for theirs.
By the tender mercy of our God.