OLD PICTURES

 

Saturday, June 6, 2026

 

OLD PICTURES

 

Isa 63:9

9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

 

          I’ve been going through old photographs and albums. I feel a bit like George Bailey who, though very troubled, discovered that his was A Wonderful Life! The pictures are frozen moments of time. Old cars, old friends, and old places are made new and fresh again by these slices of life.

 

          Not all of life is blessed! Some pictures remind me of painful and distressing times. Not all people are sweet, and some are just plain mean but Isaiah reminds us that “in all our affliction He is afflicted.”

 

          We don’t walk alone! The “angel of his presence” saves us! The word “save” here is yasha’ and means “to cause (the way) to be made wide; to be made safe; to set free.” Along the way Satan had set many snares, but the angel of His presence delivered me from them all.

 

          We may not see or sense God’s hand in our present circumstances but if we take a snapshot, and keep it in an old box, one day we can look back and clearly see the hand of God. We will remember that He carried us all the days of old.

 

Thank you, Lord, for your abiding presence throughout all the days of old. Thank you for your presence today. AMEN