Psalm 117:1-2 to bring this beautiful Sabbath to a conclusion!

1 Praise the Lord, all you nations.
Praise him, all you people of the earth.
2 For his unfailing love for us is powerful;
the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever.

Praise the Lord!

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The end of this past week we had a visitor poolside! To my understanding, there are over 5,000 species of dragonflies so to figure out which species is beyond my ability! Today’s picture is of one that I captured a few years ago on my phone. They may be a little creepy but they are also beautiful and fascinating!
A portion of the back of our property is a very low lying, swampy area, so we tend to have a lot of dragonflies and damselflies, as well. Dragonflies are plentiful around sources of water and the one we saw the other day was definitely attracted to the water in which we were swimming. But unfortunately, though I could find nothing to support my hypothesis, I would say that they need to be more careful around our pool.
On more than one occasion I have found a drowned dragonfly in the pool’s skimmer basket. I have surmised that they got a little too close to the water and got stuck when the water tension didn’t support them. I read somewhere that they aren’t ones to just land on the water but instead light on twigs or other vegetation to lay their eggs or eat their prey or what have you.
You would think that it would be a more regular occurrence but I’m glad that our great Creator wired their brains to avoid doing it – they are beautiful creatures and finding them drowned is distressing.
So, what about us? Why are we so drawn to things that will do us in if we get too close? I would say that God has wired our brains to avoid doing those things, too, but too often we succumb to the pull of temptation. Then we are stuck…and then we’re sunk!
Paul shared some encouraging words in his letter to the church in Corinth.
No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy]. 1 Corinthians 10:13 (AMP)
Lord Jesus, help us to go the way our brain is wired. We are wired to be drawn to You but sin has sure messed us up. May we rely on You to get us through all the many things that want to get us stuck and sink us! Amen.

June 30th, 2019, Sun, 9:32 pm