Singing Tattoos

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:11 NIV

I saw a YouTube video today about tattoos that you can hear. From the short, non-descriptive video it appears that sound waves are tattooed on the skin then you use an app on your smart phone to "hear" the sound. This goes way beyond putting sound in a Build-A-Bear. After last week's viewing of a sermon on the tribulation, this was more than a little unsettling to me. Much like chipping your pet, these sound tattoos could be the way people get branded...the mark of the beast. I'd also just read an article about how Silicon Valley techs have learned how to grow meat from cells. Say what? Thats more than creepy. And it's Monday...the creepiest day of the week if you ask me.

So why am I telling you this? After I saw the video, my heart was troubled. Yes, I was afraid. So I pulled up my bible verse for the day, and this was it. Why am I so troubled? Why is my heart downcast? These things are of the world. Hasn't Jesus overcome the world? Yes!

I was reminded yesterday that I responded to something last week the wrong way. Rather than praising God for excellent health care and caring physicians, I was mad that any bad medical news would hit our household. We've had enough. But it really wasn't that bad, except my response was wrong. I should have praised him instead.

So today that's what I'm doing. Rather than fear something I can't control, I choose to praise him. He is my Savior and my God.