“But we belong to the day. So we must stay sober and let our faith and love be like a suit of armor. Our firm hope that we will be saved is our helmet.” 1 Thessalonians 5:8 CEV Anyone else out there feel as though darkness is running rampant through our world right now? I need to remind myself often that I belong to the light, and that I do not need to fear what is happening around me. We are given instruction as to how to handle this season of chaos in many scriptures, one being the one above.…
“Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished. If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.” Psalms 91:8-10 I love how we are reminded yet again in this passage of scripture that is our choice to make the Lord our refuge and shelter. We cry out in frustration “God, where are you? Why have you left me?” when in reality we are the ones who have drifted from His presence and spending time in His word. Living for…
“Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.” Psalm 42:7 Although our Bible does not attribute this Psalm to David, it is so much like some of his others that we probably can assume he wrote it. But regardless of who wrote it, it is a cry of someone who has not been able to be in the house of God for some time, longing for the fellowship and worship with other believers. We don’t know how long the writer has been deprived. How fitting it is for…