Card #6 of a COVID-19 Card-a-Day Series

Verse for the Day

Isaiah 33:2 NIV “Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.”

Song for the Day

A Shelter in the Time of Storm

1.      The Lord’s our Rock, in Him we hide,
A Shelter in the time of storm;
Secure whatever ill betide,
A Shelter in the time of storm.

o    Refrain:
Oh, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land,
A weary land, a weary land;
Oh, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land,
A Shelter in the time of storm.

2.      A shade by day, defense by night,
A Shelter in the time of storm;
No fears alarm, no foes affright,
A Shelter in the time of storm.

3.      The raging storms may round us beat,
A Shelter in the time of storm;
We’ll never leave our safe Retreat,
A Shelter in the time of storm.

4.      O Rock divine, O Refuge dear,
A Shelter in the time of storm;
Be Thou our Helper ever near,
A Shelter in the time of storm.

~ Vernon J. Charlesworth

Song Suggestion: Sing this song with whomever you can convince to join you. Consider using household instruments (rubber bands over a cardboard box for guitar, wooden spoon on a saucepan for drum, rice in a tin container for a shaker) for an improv band to accompany you. Sing with gusto.

COVID-19 Prayer Focus

Business owners/employers and employees

Today, let’s remember those who are facing major difficulties concerning their work. Here are a few areas of need that I thought of. You’ll be able to put more specific details into your prayers as you speak from your own experience and from those of people you know and love.

Those working from home

Those who are off work entirely

            Those who are worried about a greatly-reduced income or a total lack of income

            Those needing to calm anxious (and yelling?) employees or customers

            Those who are working overtime (as well as working overstrength)

God is to be adored for: Being our Wealth

Pic from Then

I guess there’s more than one way to recycle grocery bags – a person can always try them on for size! (How do children come up with the things they do?) I love reminiscing when I look at a photo like this. There’s the blue paper on the cupboard door reminding me of the bird sighting chart we had for awhile, the grocery bag holder hanging on the tea towel rack, the bright orange flyswatter that tended to flatten the flies instead of swatten them, the linoleum flooring we used to have in the kitchen, and the little bare feet and sweet faces of my children. Those dimples and grins just get me every time!

Pic from Now

A sure sign of spring around here is our muddy lane. These days Kerra’s car becomes the backsplash for Martin’s trucks and other vehicles that bump through the puddles on the lane beside it. Kerra noted the mess and cheerfully remarked that at least she doesn’t need to use the car right now (she’s self-isolating, just having come back here from the States) and when she does need to use it again, the outdoor temperature will likely be warm enough that she’ll be able to wash the car outside right here at home. She also used this photo to try convincing her friends that she has a secret favorite pastime of mudding!
    

Activity Idea

Tell someone two and a half things you like about them.

What is it?

Today’s mystery photo:

Answer to yesterday’s photo: Both ends of a phone charger cord.