God Is Our Refuge

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. — Psalm 46:1 

Icthus - Jesus, the Messiah, our Savior

Over the past several weeks, we've had friends with each of the following situations:

    Her mom died.

    His dad died.

    His wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

    Her daughter was diagnosed with cancer.

    She got married.

    Her husband died, the father of their 23-year-old daughter.

    She had an anxiety attack.

    Her dog died.

    She discovered she's pregnant and is expecting her first baby.

    Her cat was hospitalized.

We don't realize just how much sorrow exists in our world until it touches us personally.

But through the happy days and the sad days.

Through the hurt and the sorrow, God is our refuge.

And the Lord is our strength.

An Ever-Present Help

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. — Psalm 46:1

Tonight we celebrate a friend's graduation from high school.

And we may get to hear his band play, too.

Kirk is busy working on his dad's estate, doing paperwork to distribute his IRA and his other accounts, plus get his house ready to sell.

Here is a photo of his back yard.

Fortunately, the person who came to stage the house asked for us to leave all of the furniture except three rockers.

So we only need to remove his clothes, shoes, linens, and personal items.

That will make the whole process much easier and hopefully much faster.

We are enjoying his TV, since ours took about 30 minutes to warm up and would turn off and on while going through that process.

We are blessed. God has been our refuge and strength through all of the frustrations and delays.

We are getting through my cancer, dad's death, and the slow process of taking care of his estate.

God is our ever-present help in trouble.