March 8, 2023

“A stone’s throw from Jerusalem, I walked a mile in the moonlight / And though a million stars were shining / My heart was lost on a distant planet….. I’m lost without you, I’m lost without you.”

Although Sting is singing about a woman, the song applies to God. Were it not for God’s immediate, detailed care, then the vicissitudes of life, the refracted sharp shards of this fallen world, the bruising bouts of relational strife would just be too much. I’m lost without You, I’m lost without You.

Be assured, He does care. He does help. He does bind up our wounds with His tender love.

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” (Matthew 6:26)

“Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those whosleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield thejoyous; and all for your love's sake. Amen.” (Evening Prayer – BCP)