James 4:14, yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

Like most of the country, I sat perched upon the edge of my seat and watched the video unfold before my very eyes. The shaky camera left images blurred, but the sounds were unmistakable. The echo of bullets rang clear. Not one, not two, but several, and all in sequence.

A gunman opened fire on Parliament Hill causing fatalities and lives forever changed in the large, cavernous hallway. Like most of the individuals who watched the news footage, I too felt slightly desensitized to the images and sounds even though I watched in horror.

Until my heart suddenly shifted and I watched it through spiritual eyes. And then these eyes of mine flooded with wet salty tears.

The Lord knew this horror would happen this day. He knew what lives would be taken and heaven was prepared. He knew the capitol of our country would be attacked. He knows that our military is in the midst of preparing to head into war.

He knew, He knows, for nothing escapes the eyes of heaven.

We who live in this free country of ours are well aware of the wars that occur far from home- and perhaps we have grown accustomed to allowing our eyes to gloss over such tragedy. But it is nearly impossible to gloss over something that it so close. Something so personal.

I am reminded this day that The Lord will indeed make His glorious return upon the clouds. He will come in all His fanfare- no smoke and mirrors, but fire. Righteous fire. I am reminded this day that life is fleeting- but a vapour- and nearly anything can happen to anyone at anytime. The sovereignty of God is not a theology that I must understand. I do not spend my days whittling the answers for the answers are not mine to own.

I am reminded that we need not live in fear for He knows how many days we are to roam this earth until the day we are taken home. He knows where I will be at any moment of the day, and each moment is a gift. And I know that my Lord and God is not one who dangles a gift before my face only to snap it back far from my reach. It is given with outstretched hands and a purity that my sinful humanity cannot possibly fathom.

He knows, and I know that He knows. And the knowing is all that matters to a soul like mine.

Father, thank you that you forever in control. Thank you that your sovereignty reigns. May we praise you and thank you for the gift that is this day. Amen.

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