Election Terrors?

The elections are coming up, only a couple of weeks away now. If you believe what you hear, they are the latest "most important election of all time!" (Seems like we hear that every election now!) Our democracy is at stake. Both sides are trying to strike fear into us. What will happen? It will be disaster if we don't win!

You know what? God is in control. He'll watch over us no matter if things get better or worse. Read through the Old Testament and you notice plenty of times when everything seemed teetering on the edge of disaster, and God worked good through it. So take a deep breath, look to and rely on your Saviour Jesus, and remember the words of Psalm 146:

Put not your trust in princes,

    in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;

    on that very day his plans perish.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

    whose hope is in the Lord his God,

who made heaven and earth,

    the sea, and all that is in them.

~ Psalm 146:3-6

The Extraordinary Ordinary

Are you an ordinary person?

That means you're a sinner.

Which means that Jesus died for you.

Which makes you pretty extraordinary!

That Jesus would do that for you!

Find your value and worth in that, not what you can do.

Then you'll have something that lasts -

not only for this life,

but forever.

Storm Season

Ills that still grieve me

Soon are to leave me;

Though billows tower,

And winds gain power,

After the storm the fair sun shows its face.

Joy e'er increasing

And peace never ceasing;

These shall I treasure

And share in full measure

When in His mansions God grants me a place.

~ Paul Gerhardt

A hurricane came upon Puerto Rico and Florida. Storms can rage in our lives as well, leaving damage and devastation behind. At such times, the sun we need to shine on us is the Son of God, Jesus, to clean up the mess in our lives, that we might have joy and peace again. Maybe not in "full measure" in this world and life, but certainly in the next, when all the storms and sin will be gone and there will only be peace and joy. And He who stilled the winds and waves of a storm at sea, is able to calm the storm in your life as well.

Pray: Lord Jesus, help me! The storms of life are too much for me but not too much for you. Help me to endure, work Your good, and uphold me with Your powerful and loving hand. Amen.