Hello, friends. It's time for today's encouragement from the Our Daily Bread Devotional.

Our reading is titled Peace in the Chaos, and it was written by Julie Schwab.

Something that sounded like firecrackers roused Joanne from sleep. Glass shattered. Wishing she didn't live

alone. She got up to see what was going on. The dark streets were empty and the house seemed to be

okay. Then she saw the broken mirror. Investigators found a bullet only a half inch from the gas

line. If it had struck the line,

she probably wouldn't have made it out alive. Later, they discovered it was a stray bullet from

nearby apartments, but now Joanne was afraid to be at home. She prayed for peace,

and once the glass was cleaned up, her heart calmed.

Psalm 121 is a reminder for us to look to God in times of trouble. Here we see that we can have

peace and calm because our help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. The God who created the universe

helps and watches over us even while we sleep. But he himself never sleeps. He watches over us

day and night, both now and forevermore. No matter what kind of situations we find ourselves

in, God sees, and he's waiting for us to turn to him. When we do, our circumstances may not

always change, but he's promised his peace in the midst of it all.

Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is Psalm 121.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains.

Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord,

the maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip. He who watches over you will not

slumber. Indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you.

The Lord is your shade at your right hand.

The sun will not harm you by day nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm.

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