Bread for the Journey

As shoppers, we all understand the relationship between

value and cost.

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Did you ever consider that that formula also applies in other areas

of our life?

Could we understand peace if we never felt conflict?

Could we appreciate safety if we never felt fear?

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Conflicting emotions fill my heart, when I look at the above photo

my husband took recently as he stood

near the top of Hope Mountain.

This little vulnerable pond, could so easily spill over

the sharp embankment threatening

to send it over the edge to the valley far below.

All it would take would be a slight crumbling

of the precipice's rim.

Yet, look how securely it nestles

into the spoon shape hollow it fills.

It seems oblivious to its precarious position.

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I thought of how God holds us in the hollow of His hand,

even though the fears and evils of this world

lurk just at our life's edge .

We too can nestle, trusting Him with hope in our hearts - His love keeping us unafraid

in the midst of a frightening world around us.

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Let these words speak reassurance to you today....

"He sets on high those who are lowly,

And those who mourn are lifted to safety."

(Job 5:11)