Photobooks and Prayers

My photobook came in today! It looks great, I'm definitely going to consider doing another one the next time I take a big trip or decide to create another Caleb compilation. I'll have to take a picture of Caleb posing with it and post it tomorrow.

In non-dog related news, my Second Mother (Darcy's Mom and Raf-the-most-adorable-child-ever's Grandma) has a very uplifting blog (Side note: Have I won the 'Most Links in a Sentence' award yet?) that never fails to get me thinking. Today it was on Pslam 11:

Psalm 11

For the director of music. Of David.

1 In the LORD I take refuge.
How then can you say to me:
"Flee like a bird to your mountain.

2 For look, the wicked bend their bows;
they set their arrows against the strings
to shoot from the shadows
at the upright in heart.

3 When the foundations are being destroyed,
what can the righteous do ?"

4 The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD is on his heavenly throne.
He observes the sons of men;
his eyes examine them.

5 The LORD examines the righteous,
but the wicked and those who love violence
his soul hates.

6 On the wicked he will rain
fiery coals and burning sulfur;
a scorching wind will be their lot.

7 For the LORD is righteous,
he loves justice;
upright men will see his face.

I won't rehash her blog (Because I couldn't do it justice, and you should read it yourselves anyway), but I read this Psalm and immediately thought of the people in my life who are having their foundations rattled like it's 1989: my Grandparents and their struggles with my Grandfather's Alzheimer's, my Mother's slow recovery from knee replacement surgery, the all too many friends and family members who have been touched in one way or another by cancer, serious illness, or the death of a close friend, all within a short period of time.

It seems like a lot of us are having our foundations rattled lately. Good thing God provides earthquake insurance.