Lamentations 3:22-23‘It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness’.

DAILY READING • 2 Peter 2; Jeremiah 43-44; Psalm 140

On March 11, 1958, the Gregg family became the survivors of the first and only atomic bomb dropped on American soil — by Americans.
The Gregg family, living in rural South Carolina had woken up to a normal day on March 11, 1958. Two of the Greggs’ children — Helen, 6, and Frances, 9 —with their 9-year-old cousin went to play in a playhouse adjacent to the family’s garden. Nearby, their father Walter Gregg, and brother worked in a toolshed.
By midafternoon, the two Gregg daughters and their cousin decided to leave the playhouse. They wandered about 200 feet away and began playing in the yard beside their home. Inside the house, their mother sat sewing in the front parlor.
At exactly 4:19 p.m. an American Air Force B-47E bomber flying overhead, accidentally released a nuclear weapon that landed on the girls’ playhouse and the family’s nearby garden, creating a massive crater with a circumference of 50 feet and depth of 35 feet.
If the girls had still been in the playhouse, they would have all been killed. Amazingly and miraculously all Gregg family members had vacated the immediate vicinity before the bomb dropped into the compound.
They only suffered minor injuries but no one died. The only casualties were their chickens that were killed and vaporized from the face of their farm. Fortunately, the nuclear weapon didn’t detonate on impact, or else the State of South Carolina would have been wiped off the map. The atomic warhead was twice as powerful as the bomb that devastated Hiroshima in World War II. But
fortunately, the radioactive materials were not inside the bomb at the time of the drop. The bomb had been “safed” for transport, meaning that the radioactive part was removed and was being moved in a different plane.
However, the blast and impact was so powerful it cracked windows and walls as far as 5 miles away from the family farm. But despite the great devastation, the Gregg family were all preserved.

The movement of the Gregg family that day, to different parts of their home had seemed random, but somehow it had been divinely orchestrated to save their lives.
Likewise, there have been seemingly inconsequential decisions we might have taken without knowing that they ended up saving our lives or the lives of our loved ones. Somehow in those small decisions, God has been present, orchestrating our steps and steering us away from danger.
Truly, we are preserved by the Lord’s mercies.
Living in a society where there are often news of banditry, kidnappings, evil occurrences etc, every step we take matters greatly. Some people have embarked on simple journeys only to end up in kidnappers’ den or other dangers. In these perilous times, we certainly need God to order our steps and orchestrate our every movement.
Indeed it is only through the Lord’s mercies that we can be preserved in these endtimes.

Romans 9:16 says ‘So then, it is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.’

Without God’s mercies, no amount of smartness or caution can protect any man. This is why we need to continually give God praise, knowing He is our keeper and protector. If it had not been for the Lord on our side, where would we be?
Despite the dangers in the world, God continues to preserve us by His love.
Though we may not know what tomorrow holds, we are thankful that we know the One who holds tomorrow. This is why we should be anxious for nothing, but rather in everything give God thanks because He is in perfect control of our lives and destiny.
As long as we walk by faith and acknowledge God in all our ways, He will surely direct our paths. Even when sometimes things seem not to go the way we had anticipated, we still keep blessing the Lord, trusting that He is working it all out for our good.
Despite any setback or disappointment, keep thanking God in everything, because you may never know what God may have delivered you from.
We cannot possibly know all the details of God’s goodness, this is why keep expressing our gratitude. Truly, God is faithful!
The One who never sleeps nor slumbers but watches over Israel, is truly watching over His people. He will surely lead us away from every temptation, deliver us from every evil and grant us victory and dominion in every situation.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for always watching over me and ordering my steps aright. Please help me to always acknowledge Your divine help in my life and to continully bless You at all times in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
Praise always guarantees you power for a raise, learning to praise God in season and out of season is key to fulfilling destiny. – WORDBITE 222.