From The Village of Ruidoso Facebook page from yesterday, Saturday July 20th. Sharon and I weep for all the folks there. We have been praying for the rain to stop. There is not enough protection from the falling rains. The wildfires have destroyed the protection of the beautiful village. Our hearts break. We were scheduled do go to Ruidoso last month but had to change our plans because of the fires and floods. I pray that you put the precious souls of this area in your prayers at home and at Church.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Village of Ruidoso is reporting flash flooding on Saturday afternoon, July 20, according to the Village’s Facebook page.
The Upper Canyon, Cedar Creek and Brady Canyon areas, as well as the area around the Rio Ruidoso, are being impacted and anyone in those areas is being asked to seek higher ground immediately, according to the Village of Ruidoso.
Fox News/Weather
The village of Ruidoso in south-central New Mexico faced its 6th Flash Flood Emergency in about a month due to heavy rainfall. Monsoonal rains and wildfires have led to hundreds of structures being damaged or destroyed and at least two deaths.
Psalm 51[a]
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice, O God, is[b] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
18 May it please you to prosper Zion,
to build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,
in burnt offerings offered whole;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
