DAY 105 Read 1 Samuel 19 and 20; Psalm 58; 59; and 64.
Today's reading: David flees for his life from the insanely jealous Saul, and the darkness of despair engulfs him. Through this gloom shines the sustaining light of true brotherly love.
Memory gem: "I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble" (Psalm 59:16).
Thought for today:
In a southern city, a bright young mother was loving her little girl one afternoon--and that same night the mother was dead. A child of six years was left without a mother. The young husband was heartbroken over his loss. The neighbors tried to comfort him and the child. They said, "Joe, you can't stay there tonight." But Joe said, "No, I'm going back to the room where she left me and fight it out tonight."
Soon after the father heard the sobbing of his child, and he reached over, patted her in her little bed, and said, "Go to sleep, dear, Daddy is here--he loves you."
The father thought she was asleep, when he heard her little voice, "Oh, Daddy, it's so dark tonight." He tried to calm her; he told her he was with her. Pretty soon he heard that soft voice again, and again he told her to go to sleep--he loved her.
She said, "Daddy, I tried to because you wanted me to. But, Daddy, it is so dark tonight; it's never been so dark as this."
The father took the little child in his big arms and carried her right over to his bed. He tried to comfort her as her mother would have done, and pretty soon she was sound asleep on her father's breast.
Then the father started to talk to the heavenly Father above. Through blinding tears he said, "Oh, Father, it is dark, it's never been so dark before; but You love me, even if it is dark, don't You, Father?" And he felt a great peace in his soul, that was never born on land or sea, a peace that can be found nowhere but in Jesus. He found peace and rest in Jesus, the great Consoler, the Light of the world.
Dear friend, is it dark tonight? Do you want to step over the line and find Jesus before the final sounding of the trumpet? Do you want to say, "Father, it is dark, but You love me"?
Today's reading: David flees for his life from the insanely jealous Saul, and the darkness of despair engulfs him. Through this gloom shines the sustaining light of true brotherly love.
Memory gem: "I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble" (Psalm 59:16).
Thought for today:
In a southern city, a bright young mother was loving her little girl one afternoon--and that same night the mother was dead. A child of six years was left without a mother. The young husband was heartbroken over his loss. The neighbors tried to comfort him and the child. They said, "Joe, you can't stay there tonight." But Joe said, "No, I'm going back to the room where she left me and fight it out tonight."
Soon after the father heard the sobbing of his child, and he reached over, patted her in her little bed, and said, "Go to sleep, dear, Daddy is here--he loves you."
The father thought she was asleep, when he heard her little voice, "Oh, Daddy, it's so dark tonight." He tried to calm her; he told her he was with her. Pretty soon he heard that soft voice again, and again he told her to go to sleep--he loved her.
She said, "Daddy, I tried to because you wanted me to. But, Daddy, it is so dark tonight; it's never been so dark as this."
The father took the little child in his big arms and carried her right over to his bed. He tried to comfort her as her mother would have done, and pretty soon she was sound asleep on her father's breast.
Then the father started to talk to the heavenly Father above. Through blinding tears he said, "Oh, Father, it is dark, it's never been so dark before; but You love me, even if it is dark, don't You, Father?" And he felt a great peace in his soul, that was never born on land or sea, a peace that can be found nowhere but in Jesus. He found peace and rest in Jesus, the great Consoler, the Light of the world.
Dear friend, is it dark tonight? Do you want to step over the line and find Jesus before the final sounding of the trumpet? Do you want to say, "Father, it is dark, but You love me"?
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