Psalm
91
“If you’ll hold on to me for dear life,
I’ll get you out of any trouble.
I’ll give you the best of care
if you’ll only get to know and trust me.”
- The Message
Most of us don’t feel the need to
“hold on for dear life” to something. My wife and I fall into that category. We
own a very nice condo. We go out to eat whenever we want. We take enjoyable
vacations. We buy season tickets for Michigan State football (sorry Buckeye
fans). When we need to go to the doctor or dentist or eye doctor or get
prescriptions, we do it.
In our society it is easy to become
satisfied with ourselves, to become complacent. It is easy to find our security
in our material things. It is easy to put our trust in the things that we can
see and touch rather than an invisible God. We tell ourselves that if we can
control our lives around us, then everything is ok. But when things get out of
our control, see how that feels.
Right now we are going through a very
stressful time. After 23 years of teaching in the Columbus City Schools my wife
has had enough. So she retired. Both of us thought by now she would have a
decent job with benefits. That hasn’t been the case. In fact, job hunting has
been quite discouraging.
I think this is a good thing for my
wife and me. I have no idea how it will turn out. We just found out today that
extended health insurance through the school system would cost $1257 PER MONTH!
That’s enough to shake your world.
The verses above are becoming very
meaningful for me. We have put ourselves in a situation where we can’t put our
trust in Panda anymore. We can’t put our trust in things. But we have to “hold
on for dear life” to the God who loves us and cares for us.
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