"Be still and know that I am God"

Yesterday, I could not help but recall and reflect with sadness on the scene I first saw ten years ago on television - 7/11. Psalm 46 which I recite often came to my mind. Think of it - 'earth give way, mountains fall into the heart of the sea, waters roar and foam, mountains quake with their surging' Where is God when it hurts? He is there as He was in the Garden of Eden, as He was at Calvary, as He was when disaster struck at New York on that fateful day - 7/11, as He will be when Christ returns. Our God is here right among us. He is our Immanuel - God with us!

One day we shall see Him face to face and all mysteries will be made known. He says to me again, "Be still and know that I am God."

I Know Who Holds Tomorrow(Words by Ira Stanphill, 1950)
I don’t know about tomorrow;
I just live from day to day.
I don’t borrow from its sunshine
For its skies may turn to grey.
I don’t worry o’er the future,
For I know what Jesus said.
And today I’ll walk beside Him,
For He knows what is ahead.

Many things about tomorrow
I don’t seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand.

Every step is getting brighter
As the golden stairs I climb;
Every burden’s getting lighter,
Every cloud is silver-lined.
There the sun is always shining,
There no tear will dim the eye;
At the ending of the rainbow
Where the mountains touch the sky.

Many things about tomorrow
I don’t seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand.

I don’t know about tomorrow;
It may bring me poverty.
But the one who feeds the sparrow,
Is the one who stands by me.
And the path that is my portion
May be through the flame or flood;
But His presence goes before me
And I’m covered with His blood.

Many things about tomorrow
I don’t seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand.
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“…he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” –Psalm 23:2-4