A lesson from the jelly jar

 If you say, "The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
 no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.¹

For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

 “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”

Psalm 91: 9-16

Have you thanked God for HIS protection today? I, for one, am often guilty of taking my and my family's safety and health for granted. I do not always think to thank God that my van's brakes worked at the appropriate time, that the elevator we all rode on operated properly, or for the countless other ways he keeps us out of harms way EVERYDAY!  It is so easy to ask God to help us through troubles; yet how often do we forget to praise HIM. Today, I am thanking Jesus for HIS goodness, HIS grace, and HIS protection. This was a typical day. I was fixing a sandwich for the older boys while the baby played at my feet. (He is so mobile now. Crawling, pulling up, and cruising all around the house. Boundaries are pretty nonexistent at this point.) I grabbed the peanut butter out the pantry and opened the refrigerator to get the jelly. Brand new jar. Glass this time rather than the plastic one I normally buy. You guessed it.  It slipped and broke shattered into what seemed like 1,000 pieces ALL around my precious baby. I was almost scared to look as all the possibilities raced through my mind. But I didn't hear the cry I expected. Praise Jesus! There was glass literally all around him, but not one single piece had touched him. Coincidence? No. This was only possible with GOD. He had his arms around McCann protecting and shielding him. I immediately felt the prescence of our Lord. Tonight as you put your babies to bed hug them a little tighter and thank Jesus for their safety!