July 26
Just as it’s the little things that can bring on tears, also the little things can bring joy.
While driving the other day, an eagle swooped down in front of me and flew off to the side carrying a rabbit. Norm would have pulled over immediately and tried for a nice shot, I just enjoyed the moment.
I saw a rainbow today, vibrant in the clarity of all its colors. I took a moment to wonder at the sight.
At this point last year, we started to notice that something was not right…thinking allergy. Since then it has been quite the emotional roller coaster, good days, bad days, hope, despair.
All I can rely on is the faithfulness of God, that He will keep His promises and that all He says in His word is truth.
Where’s the joy?
I am thankful for the moments of wonder and joy as God’s creation reveals itself as I walk.
I pray that I will look for those moments, and for the ability to see them even in the midst of my sorrow.
I rejoice in the God of all creation, who has created all nature with all its beauty.
Where’s the joy? It’s in the little things that come my way.
O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Psalm 8:1-9
TRICIA LATHROP 