Fort Payne Wildcat Prayer

 

Fort Payne Wildcat Lettermen's Club Officers
1974

"Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people." (Ephesians 6:18)

I had to dig out my high school annual for this snapshot of the Fort Payne Wildcats Lettermen's Club Officers in 1974. (How did that girl get so old?)

Forty-eight years later, I'm praying the Fort Payne Wildcat prayer for our national and worldwide leaders:

F  - fear of the Lord

P  - protection

W - wisdom

C  - competence

Will you join me, beloved?

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Awesome Wonder

 

"So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the waters teemed and that moved about it..." (Genesis 1:21)

To kiss the summer goodbye, my Phillip and I took a spur of the moment trip to St. George Island. This morning, we watched over 5 pods of dolphins with 3 to 8 or more dolphins in each pod rolling over the surface of the sea and leaping into the air!

Decades ago, Carl Boberg penned:

Oh Lord, my God

When I, in awesome wonder

Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made . . . 

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee

How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

Centuries ago, the psalmist wrote:

O my soul, bless God!

God, my God, how great You are!

Dressed up in sunshine,

and all heaven stretched out for Your tent.

You built Your palace on the ocean depths,

made a chariot out of clouds and

took off on wind-wings . . .

What a wild and wonderful world, God!

You made it all, with Wisdom at Your side,

made earth overflow with Your

wonderful creations.

Oh, look — the deep, wide sea,

brimming with fish past counting!

(Psalm 104, the Message)

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In His Hands

 

The Potter and His Clay
(sculpture by Ben Glassco, 2005)




"Yet You, LORD, are our Father.
We are the clay, You are the potter;
we are the work of Your hand."
(Isaiah 64:8)

I love this sculpture our Ben created when he was a student at Tusculum University, a private Presbyterian university — Tennessee's first university and the 28th-oldest operating college in the United States. 

When I first saw his work, I asked, "Ben, how did you come up with the idea?"

He said, "From the scripture you sent me, Mama."

(I had sent him Isaiah 64:8)

Did you notice "man" is bowed down in the hand of his Creator? Are you, beloved?

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you." (1 Peter 5:6)

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Come Home

 

Rebecca's friend
"Hidden"

"So there is hope . . . " declares the LORD. "Your children will return to their own land."

Over the summer, our Rebecca made a new friend — a praying mantis named Hidden who lived in their hydrangea bush. In August, when Rebecca pulled back the branches to introduce us to her bug friend, Hidden was frightened and flew away to a tall pine tree across the street.

"Hidden, come home!" I cried and prayed, "Lord Jesus, please help Hidden find her way home." 

Two weeks later, Hidden was back in the hydrangea bush. Thank You, Lord Jesus!

Beloved, there is no prayer too large or too small for our loving, Almighty Heavenly Father. Today, ask.

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Question of the Day

storm over Sanibel Island
2021

"Oh, what a sinful nation they are — loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil people, corrupt children who have rejected the LORD . . . and turned their backs on Him." (Isaiah 1:4)

Question of the day:

Am I more disgusted with evil behavior than concerned about the eternal destiny of evildoers?

Selah.

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Back Up

grandboys

"Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves." (Philippians 2:3)

The wrap-around porch at the river cabin is a racetrack for the grandboys and their riding toys. When two tried to squeeze through a narrow space at the same time, their wheels jammed. Both kept peddling but neither budged.

I said, "Now that's what you call a traffic jam. What does Jesus tell you to do?"

Four big eyes stared back at me. Then, without a word, the eight-year-old slowly peddled backwards, letting his little brother go first.

At a relational standstill, beloved? Do what Jesus tells you to do. Put another's needs before your own. Relationship is more important than winning!

 

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