Nothing Lost

   The tears were flowing as his heartbroken words reached the front seat, “Please, go back . . . I lost my knife.” It was unbelievable to me! I had just returned home a few days before bringing my son this small souvenir. We had already spent the better part of another day that week, praying and searching for its “reappearance.” Now, it was lost again!

   We called “big brother” who was still at the place we had been. He searched – to no avail. We drove back and searched ourselves – it simply wasn’t there! With his name engraved on it, we were sure it would show up in lost and found – but we never heard a thing. His precious “keepsake” was gone.

   It seems like a household of seven is constantly looking for something! Even with our best intentions to “get organized” somehow items sneak out of the structure we strive for! Prayers and answers and thankful hearts are a big part of this “losing and finding” cycle . . . and I don’t think our family is alone in this!

   However, in my regular Bible reading, I ran across a Psalm the other day that GREATLY encouraged me! Psalm 36:5-7 in the NIV reads like this:

“Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies, your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O Lord, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.”

   When I read it in The Message translation I had to stop and re-read it – and thank the Lord! It reads like this:

“God’s love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic, His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; not a man, not a mouse slips through the cracks. How exquisite your love, O God! How eager we are to run under your wings. . . “

   How lovely the thought that “IN HIS LARGNESS NOTHING GETS LOST!” He is mighty to save, mighty to deliver, and HE knows where YOU are! His salvation knows where to find you, His peace knows where you live, His provision will prove His promise. Today, find your refuge – in the shadow of HIS WINGS!

Take it with You

“O, Lord, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.” Psalm 36:6b,7