My heart has been heavy lately – I wonder about the choices our government is making, the state of our economy, and what might be coming “down the pike” financially. I am burdened for the unrest in Iran and the godlessness and evil in the world around us, even while frustrated that Michael Jackson videos have usurped things of weight and significance in the news and in the minds of the American people. The friends of NP’s sister and brother in law whose beloved husband and father was killed for the cause of Christ this past week are frequently on my heart, and I am burdened for these brothers and sisters in Christ I have never met who will be attending a solemn calling hours this evening.

This morning as I took a much needed trip to Aldi, I listened to this Steven Curtis Chapman song over and over and over again – It’s all Yours, Lord! This world and the people in it are precious in the sight of God, and He knows all about what is happening around us. And He has never lost control!

Why so downcast, o my soul? Put your hope in God! I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God!