I didn’t have a very good day yesterday. Several things did not go as planned and I had to work through several serious problems that went on even through late evening. I went to bed but was too depressed to sleep, so I got up and walked out on my back deck and listened for a while to a symphony of frogs encircling Honey Lake. It sounded like one of them would ask in a loud bass voice, “How deep?” And another would answer from across the lake in a crisp tenor voice, “Knee deep”.
How deep? – Knee deep – How Deep? – Knee deep – How deep? – Knee deep
It has been lightly raining at the plantation for much of the day today and I could smell its fresh cleansing scent that reminded me of wet dirt. I looked up at the sky which had cleared up enough to allow me a peek at billions of stars twinkling. As I stood there weary and exhausted from my day’s battle, I admired God’s creation. I gently prayed and asked Him to please comfort me after my long dreadful day.
Just then I saw a firefly and then another and another. I smiled.
Hmmm…. I remembered that God is indeed spirit and is everywhere and indeed was standing right there with me watching the light show put on by His little lightening bugs. I supposed He put on that little show to cheer me up.
It did.
The Bible states that a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without God seeing it. I suppose fireflies are the same, and if He sees those tiny creatures He surely sees me and understands the trepidations of my day. I thought about how much God loves me. He knew me before He created me. He knows my name, how many hairs are on my head, my innermost secrets, my purpose, and my heart. He knows all of the problems that I had yesterday and somehow He made them seem insignificant. I know that He wants me to trust in Him and He wants me to succeed.
It’s nice to have a Father who loves us beyond measure who watches over us every second of every minute of every day. Not just any Father mind you, rather a Father who loves us so much that He literally sent His one and only Son to lay down His life for us in order that we might see heaven. I consider His love of greater value than all of the gold and currency or anything else in the entire world or universe for that matter.
There was a song in the 60’s with lyrics in part that went like this, “The smell of death is all around me”. Before I became a Christian I lived that song’s lyrics and I saw too much death and evil. I had no one to turn to in those days. I remember hitch hiking all day one winter day and could not get a ride by nightfall. When it got dark I just went to the side of the road in some bushes and placed my coat on the ground and lay down and tried to sleep. As I laid there on my back shivering from the cold looking up at those same stars twinkling down at me, I never felt so alone in all of my life. I just felt like crying.
I’m so glad that I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. Even though I know that all of my days won’t be vanilla, I don’t have to be all alone anymore.
I look forward to today as being much better.
Isaiah 43:1
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.