Progress in Kirkuk, Iraq.Children playing and enjoying time together.
(Morning and Evening April 22, excerpt)
"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night." Ps 91:5
We live in the world of death and sorrow, we may therefore look for ills as well in the night-watches as beneath the glare of the broiling sun. Nor should this alarm us, for be the terror what it may, the promise is that the believer shall not be afraid. Why should he? Let us put it more closely, why should we? God our Father is here, and will be here all through the lonely hours; he is an almighty Watcher, a sleepless Guardian, a faithful Friend. Nothing can happen without his direction, for even hell itself is under his control. Darkness is not dark to him. He has promised to be a wall of fire around his people—and who can break through such a barrier?....... God has not forgotten to be gracious, nor shut up his tender mercies; it may be night in the soul, but there need be no terror, for the God of love changes not. Children of light may walk in darkness, but they are not therefore cast away,,,,
“Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness cannot hide from thee;
Thou art he, who, never weary,
Watchest where thy people be.”
Where the battle rages there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battle front besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point. (Luther's Works. Weimar Edition. Briefwechsel [Correspondence], vol. 3, pp. 81f.
122 detainees released as part of reconciliation efforts
http://http://www.blackanthem.com/News/iraqi-freedom/122-detainees-released-as-part-of-reconciliation-efforts16013.shtml
Increased Security Brings New Commerce to Hawijah, Iraq
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18614&Itemid=1
Iraqi Police Takes the Lead for Security of Kirkuk
"When I am afraid,
I put my trust in Thee." Ps 56:3
"Cast all your anxieties on Him,
for He cares about you." 1 Peter 5:7
1 comment:
‘He is an almighty Watcher, a sleepless Guardian, a faithful Friend. Nothing can happen without his direction...Darkness is not dark to him’
It is so humbling to acknowledge that we are not self-sufficient, and that we have a need for sleep. Not only does our Father sustain us in every day we’re given, but he sustains us every night with the gift of sleep, and gives us new refreshing mercies every morning. He can do this because he is the only One who “will neither slumber nor sleep” (Psalm 121:4).
The fact that God is a faithful and sleepless guardian should encourage us to fully depend on God. His love for us will not change, and he has not and will not forget to be gracious—so we shall not be afraid.
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