seek...and you'll find

Psalm 105:4, "Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always."  

We leave for Colorado in two days.  It's where I recharge, where I come center, where I seek and see His face in everything.  We woke up this morning with a bang.  Our dog, Sam had a external tumor partially rupture.  Sam is 16.  We had no idea what that would mean at his age.

See, I had asked for our community group to pray that Sam not die while our house sitter was here and we were gone.  Careful what you ask for.  He already has cancer.  So, to operate and remove the external tumor, he would have to be well enough to get through the anethesia.  A chest x-ray later and he is having his tumor removed on Tuesday.

My amazing husband is not going to Colorado.  He is staying to take care of Sam.  All the sudden a wrench is thrown in and we are left trying to figure out what God is up to.  And all I can do is trust...look to Him for strength and seek His face in this and know He is good.  And this is a SMALL thing in the scheme of life.

I see a mother deal with the death of her son with extraordinary strength and lean in to the God she knows.  I know where it comes from.  To see it come in play and played out is amazing and an attestment to God.  She can rely on God because she knew who He was before the tragedy.  She spent time with the Lord and taught of Him to her kids.  She got to see her legacy lived out in her son who taught others of Christ's love.  

Where am I going with this?  Just the point to seek Him always.  Seek Him NOW when there is nothing extraordinary going on.  Spend time getting to know His character. Learn that His promises are true now so when life hands you a wrench or completely tilts your world, you can go through all the emotions and questions with a hope that is unexplainable by the world's standard.  

The beginning of the psalm says it well...all action verbs to help you know Him. Give thanks (v.1)
Call on His name (v.1)
Sing to Him (v.2)
Tell of His acts (v.2)
Glory in His Holy name(v. 3)
Rejoice (v.3)
Remember the wonders He has done (v.5)

He is Sovereign and He is good.  Get to know Him.