Nevertheless

I Chronicles 11:4, 5:
David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem....The Jebusites who lived there said to David, 'You will not get in here.' Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the City of David.

How much we need a nevertheless kind of faith! Naysayers will abound in life. We live in a negative-thinking world. So many of our dreams of ways to serve God can meet with scepticism. Even our own hearts can sabotage our best intentions. But we will fail to see miracles in our lives if we heed every caution that wars against our faith.

Walking the Power Lines

I love my prayer walks. Wyndham and I often walk along a gravel/mud path across from our house that follows several miles of power lines. Yesterday as we walked and prayed (and scolded Denver for eating the leash) I kept noticing the path of wires above me.

It is at times disconcerting to hear the electricity’s snap, crackle and pop in these wires. I’ve also wondered (since I have been hit by lightning and currently walk under power lines) if I am overcharged with electrical current. Is it just me or do others often get shocked when touching food on grocery shelves? Regardless, it is perplexing to me to ponder the way power inside of these thin wires accomplishes so much.