Threatening To Stomp Us Flat

 

You are my hiding place

    and my shield.

I hope in Your Word.

        Psalm 119. 114

(There are many things

    roving about us,

threatening to bring us down

      and stomp us flat,

but God's Word strengthens

    and protects our hearts.

His Word is our refuge

  --not a place

    to cower in fear,

    terrified by anxieties,

but a safe haven

in which to be nourished,

and from which

   to go forth strengthened,

a sanctuary in which

we see circumstances

   --and God differently.)

O LORD,

You are right here with us.

You have given us

     Your Word on that.

We are not after all alone

      and defenseless.

Your Word does that to us.

Your Presence surrounds us

     far more than we know.

You whisper to us,

Come to Me.

Let Me carry that.