5:00am Morning News

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight; In all your ways acknowledge God and God shall direct your paths.  Proverbs 3:5 & 6

There is a part of me that needs to know.  Was there a shooting over night?   Was anyone killed?  Has anyone gone missing?  Has the pregnant woman been found?  Have the police been friend or foe?  Was there an earthquake, flood, hurricane while I was asleep?  Is the forest still burning?  Are our leaders looking out for all of the people or just some of the people?  Will the soldiers be coming home soon?  Did the food reach the refugees?  Did the shelter get its funding approved?  Did they find the man who molested the child?  I want to make sense of the information I am receiving.  I have a feeling of urgency to sort it all out, and in the process become overwhelmed with the desire to do something about it.

At this hour, my eleven-year-old daughter bounces down the steps.  “What’s the weather suppose to be?  I need to know what to wear today.”  I pause as her words pull me from the concern, fear, sadness I have already claimed this hour. Her inquiry gives me permission to exhale again.  What do we wear on a day like this?  All is not well.  All is in the hands of God this hour, this day, always.  Clothe yourself with what is needed for the day, a small inner voice says. Courage.  Humility.  Patience.  Love.   I thank my daughter for the gift she has given me this hour.  I begin to claim what will be needed to live and to serve this day.

Gracious God, it is such a chaotic world we live in.  It seems we are so far away from your original plan for humanity, for the land, for the world.  Thank you, this hour, for reminding me to just breathe and trust in you. 

This Hour’s Ponderings

1.  What concerns or worries you?

2.  What do you do when you find yourself overwhelmed?

3.  How is God asking for your trust?

4.  How is God speaking to you this hour of this day?