The One In Particular

Where do you go when the world tilts crazy? When politicians and one in particular dominate the media and you want to hide in a closet until the election is over. Where do you go when stress threatens to steal the peace and the peace is your sanctuary from the one in particular who hijacks the show? 

Recently, my husband and I spent an elongated weekend at the beach, the ocean serving up a beautiful respite from all those conflicting elements charging the air waves. Instead of wringing our hands, we inhaled happiness.

If God maintains sun and planets in bright ordered beauty, He can keep us.

~F.B. Meyer~

What can sting the heart, hurt the soul or rob the joy when the earth is filled with these wondrous reminders, the divine Artist, He speaks to us,  I am here, I am here, I am here. God's majestic showroom of His glory it surely is, and the knees quake thrilled standing in all that downward motion, His constant gaze breathing new life, new hope into the downtrodden.

Can it be that He takes you by the hand, ever so gently, ushering you into the breathtaking, the awesomeness of His creation, of His promises especially at times like these? Can it be that I don't have to hide from the one in particular, that I can trust that all will be well and bad hair will disappear like those perms from the eighties? Can it be that in the end, this will be nothing more than a night terror, a scare in the dark, and the sun will shine bright over the earth and the ocean will roar with blissful praise?

In spite of all appearance to the contrary, God has a plan for this bankrupt world...this earth of ours , He still wants as a theatre for His grace and glorious direction.
~Helmut Thielicke~

Packing our bags I scanned the television screen and the shoulders tensed hard. I turned my gaze quickly to the glorious view outside, to the frothy waves and those soaring seagulls without a care in the world. Inhaling a deep breath of His presence I didn't feel quite as frightened of the one in particular and my shoulders loosened a bit. Maybe I won't have to hide in the closet or disconnect from electronics. This new thought infused me with energy, and this mantra, my heavenly defense against all evil and dark powers, these two words that speak volumes against all negativity and fear, speaking to Him who works for good, who sees it all, knows it all, loves us through it all. Thank you, thank you, thank you.