9.29 Since I am a child of God, created by God and sustained by Him I may be going through a very hard

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 9.29

Since I am a child of God, created by God and sustained by Him I may be going through a very hard part of life right now.  I may not feel that He is rejoicing over me with joy, but someday that will be a part of my story.  

Right now may be a still night of the soul for me.  No shouts of joy from me or my God, but in the future.  At a later time there is going to come into the narrative of my life that my God will be quiet in His love for me and will rejoice over me with shouts of joy.

Today, I will remember times when I did feel that way.

Today, I will lament with a friend of mine who lost his 1 year old son who choked on the nipple of his baby bottle some 44 years ago today.  That friend is in heaven now also rejoicing with his baby and I am still here trying to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep.  But I am going to a place where there is no death and no mourning over death.

For today I will rejoice in the blessings I have for today.  I will thank God for my children and grandchildren and my wife who are still with me here and helping me through each day including the peaks and the valleys.

Larry Wishard

9.29.29

Zephaniah 3.

17 The Lord your God is in your midst,
A [f]victorious warrior.
He will rejoice over you with joy,
He will [g]be quiet in His love,
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

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