#occurances

Devotional for February 6

My times are in Thy hand. - Psalms 31:15

Every event is under Divine control. Nothing is left to chance.

The hand of God is in all that occurs; directing, overruling, and sanctifying to our good.

He appointed all that concerns us, and appointed all in infinite wisdom and love; therefore we should not judge rashly, or conclude hastily. We know not what may occur today, but we know that the purpose of God cannot be frustrated, nor can His purpose fail. He worketh all things after the counsel of His own will.

He says, "My purpose shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure." But this is our comfort, that He taketh pleasure in His people, and in the prosperity of His servants.

Let us consider, then, everything passes under our Father's eye; is overruled by our Saviour's power; is directed by the Holy Spirit to do us good. It shall not be as our enemies wish, or as our hearts fear; but as our God and Father pleases, and has ordained.

Be not therefore anxious, troubled, or cast down; the Lord God omnipotent reigneth, and He is God. He shall preserve thee from evil, He shall preserve thy soul.

Then, all of a sudden we both stop because we heard a strange sound outside my kitchen window. Reminder, it is pitch black outside and the blinds are almost completely shut as its 10 pm and its 34 F, nothing in its right mind would be out and about, especially not outside my window. After a second of listening, we ended up looking at each other in mild shock because this noise sounded like yelping and whining of a puppy in either distress or pain.

 My first instinct was to go check, its a puppy man I don't want it to suffer it's cold and dark, but then I realized that this sound, wasn’t coming from the ground outside, this noise was at eye level with my window. I turned my flashlight on and went to check but then thought better and sat back on the counter and just kind of stared at Anri. We agreed that there wasn’t that feeling of immediate unease like the Forest Gods mimicry, our first instinct was to protect what made the noise. It was only once I spoke that Anri realized that it wasn’t what we thought it was initially.

Not too long after we ended up hearing it again on the other side of my yard closer to my back porch and bedroom, and heavier, uneven steps in the yard and leaves crunching. No more noises after that. 

We decided to order in.

Salem

Edit: 30 minutes later at 11 pm I went outside to get our food. Something was outside near the edge of my house, peeking around at me. Its eyes didn't reflect light, they glow a sickly yellow. It was around three and a half feet off the ground, it just turned and walked away, returning behind the house after making eye contact without a sound.

“I just want you to know Jesus love you, alright?”