Poetry and Wisdom 3 - Barbara Lynn Seibel

FLASH FLOODING

This past week has had five straight days of rain in my area.

Flash flooding alerts were prevalent.

Power outages occurred from the flash flooding in some cases.

In addition to the literal flash flooding of the past week there has been emotional flash flooding in my extended family.

What flash flooding have you been dealing with recently?
Emotional, spiritual, physical, or mental flash flooding?
Maybe several flash floods are occurring in your life or someone you know simultaneously?
How can Psalm 69 help us with the flash flooding that occurs in our lives?

This morning included some balcony time.

The weather was just cool enough with an occasional breeze to be able to enjoy while simply being.

Balcony time is precious to me.

Whether shared with my husband, canine(s), others, or just the Lord it is a therapeutic place for me.

At times the just me and the Lord time on the balcony is critically needed.

It is a time of solitude and isolation from all the pressures I face throughout a day, week, month, year and so on.

In other words, a place to hideout and be refreshed by the Lord.

Kind David in the Old Testament expresses in his many psalms a need to have an audience with the Lord.

Today we will look specifically at Psalm 54 .