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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

 

I find this picture uplifting, bringing the eyes upwards to the heavens. 

We live in the valley below. Sometimes we look to the mesa-moments in our background for inspiration. But God asks us to look further, all the way up, to Him. Clouds drift away as His mercy pours forth, erasing our shadows.

 

Remember to thank Him.

 

Psalm 16:6  "The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage."

Psalm 23: 6 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever."

Looking back over my life so far, God has indeed placed my lines in pleasant places!! Of course the usual and normal problems have flitted through my life (the worst being times when both parents and two sisters died.) But I always knew they loved me. My parents gave me a goodly heritage and  brought me to God from my youth, building a firm foundation in the faith. 

Brother, husband, son, many nieces & nephews, plus quite a number in the next two generations are all still alive and enjoying life. Many dear friends spice my life as well. 

My God and my church have been hugely important throughout. My profession (teaching elementary school, retired) gives fond memories. My avocation (writing) brings me great delight.

What more could I want?

Surely, His goodness and mercy will continue to bless me for the rest of my days. Dwelling with Him, I rest assured that when troubles come, as they always do, He will be there to show me the pathway through to more of those "pleasant places" he has prepared for me.

My friend, Eileen, has graciously allowed me to post her story about the turtle in her back pasture. I was unable to copy the pictures, but the story is still rather amazing.

Mother Turtle  
Holly, our miniature pinscher, and I hadn’t gone for a walk lately, but I didn’t want to take time to drive her into town to go for a walk. I decided to take her for a quick walk in the pasture behind the house.
  
We walked around the dried up pond in the pasture, and Holly got excited as we climbed the embankment west of the house. There was an 8”-10” red ear slider turtle sitting there. Holly wanted to attack it, but I realized it was probably laying eggs.

I dragged Holly in the house, against her will and came back with my camera. The turtle was so intent on her task, she ignored me and my camera.

I noticed the turtle was digging in moist soil, but the ground is very dry, due to lack of rain. She must have carried the water in her body and released it to moisten the soil.

I watched as she completed digging a hole, about an inch across and as deep as she could reach, about four to five inches. She reached her back right foot into the hole and brought up a handful of dirt, about a teaspoonful. Then she stretched her left foot into the hole and brought up another handful of dirt. She continued patiently digging until the hole was deep enough, when she could dig no deeper.
She laid a grape tomato sized egg and pushed it to the bottom of the hole. After a few seconds, she laid another egg. I watched her lay about 5 eggs and then cover them with soil she’d dug out of the hole.

I marked the site with a broken brick. The eggs should hatch in 60-90 days.

The more I see of God’s creation, the more I’m in awe of His work and attention to detail.

   Psalm 107: 43 (NLT) "Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord."

     This was written about the early Israelities. Their history abunds with the faithful love of Yaweh. Through Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David ... on in a direct line to Jesus.

     Is it any the less true of our own country? We began with colonists seeking freedom of religion. Individuials wished to worship God in ways that were most meaningful to them.

     The Declaration of Independence states that we are endowed by God with certain inalienable rights. The Constitutiion discusses freedom of religion, and separation of the rule of the nation from the church. The pledge to the flag says we are "One nation, under God."

     Our history began with men who held to strong Christian values. The strength of our nation is punctuated with events clearly filled with God's faithful love.

     While the Israelites remained faithful, their nation prospered. When their leaders followed God's lead, they were successful.But as the Israelities fell away, as their leaders followed other gods, their nation declined.

     The leaders in the United States have frequently come close to denying God's exixtence. There is a trend regarding omitting the "One nation, under God." from the pledge. Christians have become a minority. It has become fashionable to bash Christianity as "narrow-minded." Christians are scorned, and considered "non-PC" (not "politically correct").

     And that is the problem. "Political" sems to be the operative word in today's world. The word LORD has bcome the new four-letter curse.

     Our nation is declining. Are we all asleep?

Wrath of God?

Since this picture came to me through Facebook, I figure I can use it.

Does this seem like the Wrath of God? Heavy, black, and oppressive.

If so, then the light gleaming in the distance would remind me of His grace.

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me."

He doesn't just stand at the other end, beckoning to me.

He doesn't make me walk through anything alone.

He walks WITH me!

What an awesome God!