DAILY READINGS: 1 Kings 8:31-66; Jer. 16; Philippians 1:21 to 2:11
Thou tellest my wanderings: put Thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in Thy book? Psalm 56:8
Mourners in ancient cultures were known to collect their tears in tiny bottles and then to leave them at the graves of their loved ones as a record of their grief. God too knows and records our sorrows and sufferings, not only in bottles but also in His book—“Are they not in Thy book?” Nothing escapes His eyes! Truly this should encourage our hearts. But let this solemn thought be a caution as well as a comfort. Thou God seest me. —K. C. Ung
When tempest clouds are dark on high, His bow of love and peace,
Shines sweetly in the vaulted sky, a pledge that storms shall cease.
—Bernard Barton