~Feeling Safe

Nevertheless I am continually with You;

You hold me by my right hand. Psalm 73:23 

When I was a little girl I would hold my dad's hands and it made me feel safe. At night I would wake up from having nightmares and crawl in bed next to my mom, again feeling safe. As a child our parents help to calm our fears and insecurities. Then I became a mom and it became my responsibility to do the same with my own children.

At my age you would think I would have worked through all my fears by now but I find each day brings on something new to stress over. It is so important for me to be reminded each day that God is in control and help to calm my anxieties, worries and fears for today. If it is a day with additional problems that seem too overwhelming to handle then I reach out to my praying warriors to pray for me.

God is in control always but especially when I hand over my control! 

This picture was taken of me with my parents in 1958 Tangier, Morocco.

~Unpredictable Life

  The dream or future we see for ourselves is usually much different than the future we actually end up with in life. There are many things that come along that we cannot predict.  Life will change on a dime with health issues, accidents, divorce, deaths, addictions, extreme weather, wars, violent crimes just to name a very few. Life is a constant of out of control behaviors and circumstances.

We prepare the best we can with insurance, wills, savings, education, etc. The older we get the more we realize that the best made plans are not possible in preparing for everything. I could never have imagined myself in the unexpected circumstances that have been a part of my own life. I have learned one important thing and that is not to bother to worry about anything. Seriously, the difficult circumstances of my life never even entered my scope of possibility. 

In 1960, our family was visiting a small coastal town in Africa called Agadir in Morocco. When we arrived there my parents found the entire city of Agadir had just been devastated by an earthquare and tsunami. My father took pictures and told this story many times as I was growing up. There were 12,000 to 15,000 people who lost their lives that day. We had come so close to being there during that time. I am sure my parents never imagined the possibility of such a disaster happening so near to them and their small children. YouTube footage Click here!

“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. Psalm 39:7

 This is one of many pictures my dad took of the demolished city of Agadir Morocco

 from the earthquake and tsunami that hit in 1960.