I promise to blog about something happy or funny.. one of these days. For now.. it's been a hard week. Events that were a little too close for comfort made national news this last week - a crazed man with a gun shot 8-10 people a week ago. Six of them are dead. One of them a police officer who was laid to rest today. My pastor is a chaplain for our county's sheriff's department, and he was requested to be by the family's side and tend to them during the funeral.
There were also a few other unsettling events in our county - a standoff close to our home and extremely close to Madie's school, and other bizarre happenings.. It's just been a little hard to sleep at night. What is happening to our town.. our county.. our state.. our nation.. our world?
There have also been other prayer requests this week that just make the load seem heavier. But is this all stuff that I'm supposed to carry? No.. I'm laying it down..
1 Peter 5:6-11
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 11 To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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