Picket Fences

Last night I watched the most disturbing video.  It made me cry.   It made me angry.   It made me heartbroken.   It made me devasted.   It made me sick.  I thought of the people involved in the video. It was a rescue mission. The police went way into the deep dark cellar of sin and freed a victim.   I don't know the details of how they were able to find this person and free them, all I saw was the rescue.   I was so happy the victim was rescued.  Once the victim heals from the physical wounds, there will be emotional wounds to heal from.  It hurt my mind and made me sick, that there are people who are participating in victimizing other people in such a dark and evil way. My prayer and hope is the victimwill truly, truly be comforted by God's loving hand.  And the perpertrators will stop doing what they are doing. When I thought of the video this morning it brought to mind how Jesus came into this dark world to rescue people from the deep dark cellar of sin.  Jesus goes where ot

 I went for a walk with my dog.  I let her go where she wanted. I let her just sniff and sniff some more.  I didn't strive to get my steps in.  I just walked with my dog.  There was a gentle breeze.  Not to hot. Not to cold. It was just right.  There wasn't anyone else around.  So nice. So peaceful. I have to tell you, it was an incredible time.  Just me and my dog.  No phone. No news. No social media. Something I desperately needed.  I had woke up in the morning wanting to pray. Pray about everything. Pray about all the darkness in the world.  The virus. People who are sick. Fighting. Riots. Sex Traffiking. Pedophilia. Beirut. Bickering. School. Missing people. Missing interaction. Did I mention the masks?  I AM SORRY! I WAS NOT GOING TO GO THERE! Did I mention it is hard to see so much chaos? So many people getting hurt? So many things getting destroyed? Did I mention people I know are sick? Did I mention people are hurting in so many ways? I asked how to pray?  I soaked up t