Do you wrestle with fear?
The internet went down at our house this morning at maybe 11:00. So I picked up the phone to call Qwest. Dial tone, but can't dial out ... OK. So I get my cell phone ... dials but then drops the call. ... Hmmm. We are not in Ethiopia. We are in Montana. What's up with this? Amazing how your mind starts flying at all the possibilites ... like did we just go thru an...other 9-11 or something? Did the US just get attacked? The phones are not connected to the cell phone system, what's next.. the electricity? I went to town to check it out, all phones & computers down, cell phones down, the bank, the doctor's office, everyone down. 4 Qwest trucks at the Qwest office ... empty with the windows down. Did they all go to lunch ... on foot? So I left one a note on the seat of the truck, in case they didn't have a clue as to what was happening. Went back home.
Phones came up at around 6:00pm tonight, internet around 7:00. VERY WEIRD FEELING. It really gave me a chance to see what was in me. Amazing how much we depend on our technology in America, almost like a sense of security. The Amish are free ... watching the animals going on about their business, not worrying, the little birds unaffected by no phone lines .... Wishing I could have as much peace as they do, and truly believe with every part of my being that there is nothing to fear, because I am covered underneath Jesus' wings, hidden under his hand. I know this ... but when faced with fear, I forget. As I was writing this He reminded me of this scripture about the mountains giving way and falling in to the sea ...
Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
8 Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Then it FLEW OUT AT ME ... BE STILL and KNOW that I AM GOD.
He's been talking to me about being still .... Wow.
I love you Lord.
The internet went down at our house this morning at maybe 11:00. So I picked up the phone to call Qwest. Dial tone, but can't dial out ... OK. So I get my cell phone ... dials but then drops the call. ... Hmmm. We are not in Ethiopia. We are in Montana. What's up with this? Amazing how your mind starts flying at all the possibilites ... like did we just go thru an...other 9-11 or something? Did the US just get attacked? The phones are not connected to the cell phone system, what's next.. the electricity? I went to town to check it out, all phones & computers down, cell phones down, the bank, the doctor's office, everyone down. 4 Qwest trucks at the Qwest office ... empty with the windows down. Did they all go to lunch ... on foot? So I left one a note on the seat of the truck, in case they didn't have a clue as to what was happening. Went back home.
Phones came up at around 6:00pm tonight, internet around 7:00. VERY WEIRD FEELING. It really gave me a chance to see what was in me. Amazing how much we depend on our technology in America, almost like a sense of security. The Amish are free ... watching the animals going on about their business, not worrying, the little birds unaffected by no phone lines .... Wishing I could have as much peace as they do, and truly believe with every part of my being that there is nothing to fear, because I am covered underneath Jesus' wings, hidden under his hand. I know this ... but when faced with fear, I forget. As I was writing this He reminded me of this scripture about the mountains giving way and falling in to the sea ...
Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
8 Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Then it FLEW OUT AT ME ... BE STILL and KNOW that I AM GOD.
He's been talking to me about being still .... Wow.
I love you Lord.
