In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ."
Summer may be sunny and warm (let's hope so). But it may not…
The sun is still there even if it is hidden behind a cloud.
God is with us, in all seasons as King David writes in Psalm 23:
"The Lord is my shepherd,
I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside quiet waters,
He refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
Like many people, I come back to Psalm 23 and linger on its words written by a man who had lived in times of plenty and times of poverty, and who had known danger and delight, triumph and toil, hardship and health and had known God with him in every season.
Tim Norman
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