help wanted

I've been reading through the book of Psalms the last couple of weeks and found that many of the Psalms were written by David when he was running for his life from King Saul. Every day was a struggle for David, every day he had to rely totally on God just to stay alive and exist.

In one sentence he would be asking why God was nowhere to be found, the next sentence he would declare that his enemies had surrounded him and were attacking relentlessly, the next sentence he would be thanking God for being his fortress and fighting his battles for him.

No time in my life have I related so closely to David's Psalms as I do now. All except being hunted down by a demon possessed king and quite frankly, I don't want to experience that at all. However, at every turn the enemy IS attacking. He steals at every opportunity and any chance he gets to destroy what has been built he does. Often it seems God is nowhere to be found and that he's far off taking care of things that matter, like protecting people in the midst of war, famine and pestilence. But then, out of nowhere he shows up and fights our battle and we survive another day.

Truth be told, we totally rely on God just to stay alive and exist every day here in South Florida. In Psalms 55:11 it says "Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets." We are in a seemingly never ending battle and well, battles make a person battle weary. We are wearing out and need rest.

Please pray that God will fight our battles harder, quicker and more effectively and that he will set us on solid ground. I'll be updating our specific prayer requests in "The Want Adds" section above, please take the time to join us in praying for these things and share them with your friends and family.

Psalms 55:22-23 -

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days.

But as for me, I trust in you.