Aches and Praise Five Hundred & Twenty One

Posted on 2021-09-03 in English |

September 3, 2021
 
 

Dear friends,

                                                                                                                                                                       
Twice recently, I have seen a family of turkeys near the building where our ministry office is located. A mother turkey and her six babies were on the side of the road between houses a couple of weeks ago and yesterday, I saw them on the grass of a house beside the one-way street. They did not scurry away when people took photos of them. Their calmness reminded me of how God takes care of His creation and longs for us to rest in Him.
 

Speaking of photos, I discovered yesterday that my cell phone will not take any more of them until I delete some or transfer them to another device. In this month’s “Turning Points” magazine, Dr. David Jeremiah writes: “Our ancestors enjoyed laughter and celebrations as much as we do, but cameras were not equipped to capture those scenes. In the mid-1800s, photographs were primarily for documenting the history of families. And technology required people to sit or stand perfectly still … the cameras took only black and white photos, so that’s what people wore for pictures.

My, how things have changed! We all carry devices in our purse or pocket that have the ability to capture gorgeous colors, freeze actions, and send those pictures around the world to others in a few seconds. One technology company estimates that there will be 1,440,000,000,000 (1.4 trillion) new pictures taken around the world in 2021. More than 91 percent of those will be taken by mobile phones. By 2022, there will be 9.3 trillion digital photos stored on phones, in the cloud, on computers, on thumb drives, and wherever else we can find to offload them when our phones give us a ‘low memory’ warning.”

Photographs help us to remember happy times as well as sad times. This week I received an email from friends in Winnipeg, informing me that their mothers had fallen and went to the hospital. In our office, we have a photo of one of the ladies’ late husband with our oldest daughter, who was two years old when we stopped in Winnipeg on a trip with Karen’s parents. It is a precious photo that captured the loving care of a brother in Christ who loved the Lord dearly. Please pray for these two women and their families.         

Scripture for the weekend: “Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.” Psalm 91:3-4 (NKJV)

Thought for the weekend: “Eternal life does not begin with death; it begins with faith.” – Samuel Shoemaker

 

By His grace,
 

Steve

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