Let your
loving-kindness, O LORD, be upon us, as we have put our trust in You. Psalm
33:22
The
mountains are beautiful. I think that there was particular joy in watching
Emily, Chuyi’s mom enjoys the sunlit towering pines for the first time. The
freshness, the scrambling birds, the little fish-filled stream were so beyond
her expectations as she nestled down into the curtain-drapy cushion thing
Nicole had arranged for her. Things are pretty dry and crusty as one starts
heading up the Catalina Highway. There is no way to know what lies beyond all
of those curvy roads.
And
I was pretty fussy as Nicole urged me down down down some of those hills.
Because I knew that they involved correlating and quite daunting uphills. And
she kept laughing about the beautiful views while I sort of grumbled. But you
know, of course, the uphills were not that scary, once I started. Which yet
again is a true reminder of the futility of worry and fear. They both only suck
the joy out of the moment. Of the bright blue skies overlooking glowing cliffs
in all directions. And whatever the future brings, it is outside of our
imagination. That is His promise. Don’t
worry about anything. Instead pray about everything. And don’t forget to thank
Him for His answers. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace which is
far more wonderful than the human mind can understand.
Maybe
that is why God says over and over, in every possible voice and circumstance:
Fear not, for I the LORD am with you.
Just
maybe.
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