He shall be my salvation...

Job would not hush because he trusted God.

He did not understand God, but he trusted God. Job 13:15: "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him... "(KJV) The NIV puts it thus: "Though He slay me , yet will I hope in Him...(v.16) Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance..."

In Luke 13, folks asked Jesus (prayed) what could have happened that God would allow a godless ruler like Pilate to kill innocent worshipers who were sacrificing to the Living God?

And Jesus changed the focus from "why this?" to "what should we do, understanding that we do not understand?"

Jesus did not explain or excuse God. As a matter of fact, He added another example of unexplained tragedy, a tower in Siloam falling on 18 people.

After the description of each imponderable, He said (in effect) " Your responsibility is not to understand, but rather, to see that you are where God wants you to be."

Repent means to turn from self-interest to God-interest.

God is good. He cares for you. He cares more for those over whom you weep than you do.

"His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him" (Lamentations 3:22-24)

"...He careth for you." 1Peter 5:7

You need not hush, but also trust...even in what you do not understand.

Thanks

This Thanksgiving holiday has been a genuine occasion of thanks.

I cannot express in words all that I am thankful for, nor can I sufficiently express my gratitude.

Perhaps, it is lack of practice.

Maybe, I am not even sure what all makes the good part of my life so good.

But in spite of my inability to properly express thanks, let me say, "Thank you," to Jesus and to the family that He has blessed me with.

The grace of God demonstrated by Him and by those He has put into my life constantly amazes me.

I continually feast on meat that nourishes and satisfies in ways far greater than food for the belly.

And though to simply say thank you is meager compensation for the abundant fare of the love of God in Christ and the love of God in my family, I offer my two mites and pray that it is understood...

that though it makes a faint tinkle in the trumpet,

...of my want, I cast in my whole living.

Thank you.