Daily D – Psalm 60:11

by | Aug 3, 2024 | Daily D | 0 comments

David G Bowman Logo

Psalm 60:11
“Give us aid against the foe, 
for human help is worthless.” (CSB)

Give us help for the hard task;
human help is worthless.
(The Message)

It was a long night. 

Millie the Black Dog was lying under the quilt rack in our master bedroom. My bride slept soundly nearby. Ollie and I dozed in the den. He alternated between his cushion and his rug so that he could keep an eye on me. I wedged myself between a pillow and a pull-out table built into our sofa, seeking slumber in the most comfortable position I can find in this season of recovery from back surgery.

Millie the Black Dog and I have much in common. We are each hyper-aware of storms. We sense them before others, and we prepare for them out of respect for their power and danger. 

We keep the French doors to our bathroom closed when we sleep. Our neighbor is a trainer for the Texas Rangers. He often comes home after we go to sleep. The lights from his house shine into our bedroom and awaken us. 

This is why when the storm was too far off for human ears to hear, MBD (Millie the Black Dog) began pushing against the French doors to gain access to the master bathroom. She was checking to see if the door to the closet was open. It is quiet and safe from storms in there. 

Unfortunately for her, the closet was firmly shut. MBD then began testing all of her favorite hiding places to escape the lightning flashes and booming thunder. 

She enjoys sleeping in the bathtub in the guest bathroom upstairs. She slips behind the shower curtain and revels in the cooling nature of the porcelain combined with the darkness provided by the curtain and its plastic liner. 

This is normally a good plan. However, this unexpected storm was unwelcomely hostile. The winds were fierce. The lightning was constant. The thunder never ended. 

MBD did not feel secure in her fortress. She dashed for the door and pushed it closed, which led to additional sound and fury. He who should not have been walking up and down stairs in the middle of the night in a storm after back surgery had to rescue The Black Dog. 

As I said, it was a long night. 

We stayed up two hours awaiting the end of the storm that was not forecast. The lightning eventually faded. The thunder resonated with the timbre of comfort as it rumbled so far away. Ollie Collie, Millie Black Dog, and I were finally able to sleep again. 

A nap is in the forecast for today. We all three agree on this. 

It’s a hard task, to be sure, but we will master it with God’s help. 

I will nap with my professional napping companions.

Our Father, thank you for safety in storms, in recovery, and in lying down to sleep. Amen. 

0 Comments

Submit a Comment

CONNECT WITH ME!

Interested in learning more about Church Unique or Life Younique? Send a note through the Get In Touch box or Message me through the Facebook link above.

          Church Unique Logo          Auxano Logo

GET IN TOUCH!

READ MY BLOG!

Daily D – John 6:47-51

John 6:47-51 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life. Yes, I am the bread of life! Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died. Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”

Daily D – Matthew 21:43-44

Matthew 21:43, 44 “I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit. Anyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on.”

Daily D – Matthew 21:12-15

Matthew 21:12-15 Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”

The blind and the lame came to him in the Temple, and he healed them. The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the Temple shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David.”

But the leaders were indignant.

Daily D – Matthew 23:37

Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.”

Daily D – 1 Kings 22:4-5

1 Kings 22:4, 5 Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will you join me in battle to recover Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses.” Then Jehoshaphat added, “But first let’s find out what the Lord says.”