Precision Placement
Day 3 | The Glue
A Scripture-centered reading from the Precision Prayer devotional collection.
I miss my mom. She was the glue in our family and Robert’s care giver. Mom never complained and did everything she could to put food on the table. After the divorce she did everything to care for Robert while working multiple jobs.
Having three jobs was normal.
Taking care of us boys was her pride and joy.
One day we are all there and then Steven gets married, Mike enlists in the Navy with Jon and Robert at home. Jon would also enlist in the Navy.
Lost one son to sickness and two to her country.
I’m sure that was difficult. It was for me.
Through it all, mom never complained.
Mom was our rock, the glue that kept everything together.
She loved.
She cared.
She provided.
Mom also became ill and needed to move into a home with full-time care. My brother Steve lived close and became mom’s caregiver. It was beautiful to see. We lived further away and our business required a lot of our time.
I have regrets with mom too.
Life can be too busy.
Steve made time. He was her tower.
Are you in a situation where life is running so fast you cannot keep up?
Do you have painful experiences that are unbearable?
How about that glue, who was yours?
She was our strong tower.
In her last days, Steve became her strong tower.
The Bible tells us we can run to a strong tower.
Robert was dealt a tough hand.
Robert was dealt a difficult hand, but Mom was one of God’s gifts to him.
We too have a gift from our Heavenly Father.
He is our refuge, our peace, and our strong tower.
Precision Practice
Regret can imprison us if we allow it to.
We cannot rewrite yesterday, but we can learn from it.
Make the phone call.
Spend the time.
Say “I love you.”
Tomorrow is never promised.
Now turn to the One who can give you His peace.
Let Him bring that cleansing.
Give it to Him today.
Lean on that Tower.
Trust Him.
Precision Passages
Proverbs 18:10 NKJV
(10) The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.
Psalms 91:1-11 NKJV
(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.
(7) A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you.
(8) Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.
(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.
Psalms 46:1-5 NKJV
(1) To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song For Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
(2) Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
(3) Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
(4) There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
(5) God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.