Prayer & Praise
“Father we pray: Bless thou this truth. Oh God, thy mercies are abundant.
Are not thy mercies full and free, and have they not, oh God, found out me?
We thank thee for thy mercies, thy many, abundant, full mercies.
Now we pray that thou will help us to lean back upon thy mercy and trust, and not be afraid; heed sin and love righteousness, flee from iniquity and follow after godliness, but always know that in all that we do mercy is around us like the air; underneath us as the earth; above us as the stars, and we live in a merciful world and serve a merciful God; live and swim and move and have our being in the abundant mercies of the triune God.
Graciously grant us, we pray thee, properly to understand this and to apply it to our hearts, and we give thee praise through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.”
A.W. Tozer
“Wolverine: The fire did not experience the strong winds that were seen in the valley corridor yesterday. Fire behavior remained docile and continued to smolder. Hotshot crews are working on an indirect line west of the Entiat drainage along the southwest flank of the fire. Crews will continue to improve the Community Protection Line, a vegetated fuel break that is being thinned and brushed, leaving mature trees in place with spacing between them. This line will assist in the firefighting efforts as well as meeting long term objectives as a possible option in future fire containment.” and it rained again
from the daily update this morning … we have been stunningly blessed in this valley – praise and thanks to the God of such mercies
Em,
Very thankful that you were spared…that looked really bad for awhile.
Remember Linnea’s husband as he mends from chemo therapy.
Remember our long time co-worker Brian D as he recovers from spinal surgery after a fall.
Remember me if you will…I’ve pretty much hit the wall…and it hit back.
it was very sobering to have firetrucks parked in front of your place… just in case their backburns got away from them… strange way to live
i am continuing to join the pray-ers here for Linnea’s family, BrianD and for Michael (every time i lift my son up to the Throne of God, i lift Michael, also… trusting God’s mercy and wisdom for these honest men)
Thank you, Michael and Em for prayers for my husband. He has elected to discontinue chemotherapy halfway through (3 treatments resulted in 2, week-long hospitalizations). Praying also for protection from fire (of all kinds) and for BrianD’s healing.