Angels Watching Over Me

I stepped outside this evening ostensibly to watch the sunset, 

and it was magnificent and did not disappoint.

But what really caught my attention were the clouds...and it was as if God was putting on a beautiful display of His cloud creations just to give me great comfort and encouragement tonight on the eve of my surgery.

The song that came to me right away was:

"All night, all day, angels watching over me, my Lord,

All night, all day, angels watching over me."

(There's a video of the Oak Ridge Boys singing this song following these pictures if you want to sing along)

Now, don't get me wrong, no, I don't believe that the clouds are angels. But 

so often when I have needed a little reassurance from the Lord He has shown me "His angels" in the clouds, and they have always given me peace.

 Several verses from  Psalm 91 also came to mind:

1.  "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

 2.  I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, 

My God, in Him I will trust."

 3.  Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler

and from the perilous pestilence.

 4.  He shall cover you with His feathers,

and under His wings you shall take refuge;

His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

 5.  You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,

nor of the arrow that flies by day,

6.  Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,

Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

 9.  Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,

even the Most High, your dwelling place,

10.  No evil shall befall you,

nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;

11.  For He shall give His angels charge over you,

to keep you in all your ways.

12.  In their hands they shall bear you up,

Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

14. Because he has set his love upon Me, 

therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him on high, because he has known My Name.

15.  He shall call upon Me, 

and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble' I will deliver him and honor him.

16.  With long life I will satisfy him,

and show him my salvation."

I want to thank you all for your prayers and words of encouragement over the past few weeks/days as I have shared with you the fact that I am having some major surgery tomorrow. Yes, it is "repair work", but because of the intricacies of this particular repair, it will be somewhat invasive and I will need several weeks to fully recuperate. Hopefully I will soon be back up and writing again, but if you don't hear from me for a while, please just say a little prayer. I will be anxious to get back to visiting with you all again as soon as possible. 

Oh, one more thing:  This morning I shared on Facebook that I was drinking that stuff that cleans you out, and I was drinking from my favorite cup:

I wanted to say that during the early moments of drinking this lovely drink (!), I did actually 

"Stand Still and consider the wondrous works of God" 

(Job 37:14) 

as I watched the geese on Still Waters Pond:

And I rejoiced in the way that God sent these beautiful creatures to visit and entertain me this morning...at least for a little while as I was able to "stand still and watch" them. 

So the day started out with God's blessing, and has certainly ended with His blessing.

And now, dear friends, I must get ready for bed. We finally heard from the hospital that I am to arrive at 5:00 a.m., and it is almost an hour's drive away from us...so...we will be rising very early in the morning. Makes me wish they'd go back to the olden days when they'd let you come and spend the night at the hospital the night before surgery. Oh well...hopefully I will be first on the docket and we can get this party over and done with!!

Final thoughts for tonight:

"I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;

For You alone,  O Lord, make me dwell in safety."

Psalm 4:8