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Mercy, MamaB - I pray the Lord Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, the Savior, comforts your family in all its grievous affliction and leads each sorrowing member to a place of rest in Him.

Psalm 104

Praise to the Sovereign LORD for His Creation and Providence
⁽¹⁾ ¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul!

        O LORD my God, You are very great:
        You are clothed with honor and majesty,
       ²Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
        Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

       ³He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
        Who makes the clouds His chariot,
        Who walks on the wings of the wind,
       ⁴Who makes His angels spirits,
        His ministers a flame of fire.

       ⁵You who laid the foundations of the earth,
        So that it should not be moved forever,
       ⁶You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
        The waters stood above the mountains.
       ⁷At Your rebuke they fled;
        At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
       ⁸They went up over the mountains;
        They went down into the valleys,
        To the place which You founded for them.
       ⁹You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
        That they may not return to cover the earth.

       ¹⁰He sends the springs into the valleys;
        They flow among the hills.
       ¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field;
        The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
       ¹²By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
        They sing among the branches.
       ¹³He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
        The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

       ¹⁴He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
        And vegetation for the service of man,
        That he may bring forth food from the earth,
       ¹⁵And wine that makes glad the heart of man,
        Oil to make his face shine,
        And bread which strengthens man's heart.
       ¹⁶The trees of the LORD are full of sap,
        The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
       ¹⁷Where the birds make their nests;
        The stork has her home in the fir trees.
       ¹⁸The high hills are for the wild goats;
        The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.^[1]

       ¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons;
        The sun knows its going down.
       ²⁰You make darkness, and it is night,
        In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
       ²¹The young lions roar after their prey,
        And seek their food from God.
       ²²When the sun rises, they gather together
        And lie down in their dens.
       ²³Man goes out to his work
        And to his labor until the evening.

       ²⁴O LORD, how manifold are Your works!
        In wisdom You have made them all.
        The earth is full of Your possessions--
       ²⁵This great and wide sea,
        In which are innumerable teeming things,
        Living things both small and great.
       ²⁶There the ships sail about;
        There is that Leviathan
        Which You have made to play there.

       ²⁷These all wait for You,
        That You may give them their food in due season.
       ²⁸What You give them they gather in;
        You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
       ²⁹You hide Your face, they are troubled;
        You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
       ³⁰You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
        And You renew the face of the earth.

       ³¹May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
        May the LORD rejoice in His works.
       ³²He looks on the earth, and it trembles;
        He touches the hills, and they smoke.

       ³³I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
        I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
       ³⁴May my meditation be sweet to Him;
        I will be glad in the LORD.
       ³⁵May sinners be consumed from the earth,
        And the wicked be no more.

        Bless the LORD, O my soul!
        Praise the LORD!

I could not sleep--had too much on my mind, I guess. You know, HE is the only one that can offer the most help at a time like this. My mother has been through so much in her nearly 99 years--losing both parents, husband,daughter, all of her brothers and sisters except for a younger sister, friends from her school days, etc. She is the most wonderful Christian lady, I have ever been around. I call her sometimes and ask her what she is doing, and she will say, "oh, I was just singing." Thanks everyone.