My good friend Ed...thanks for sharing Psalm 91. It wasn't just a poem hanging on your wall, it is a personal message that you have not forgotten. A reminder of protection and acceptance when all evidence or imagination pointed to the contrary. Today I needed that word. I couldn't let the day's work be enough to patch the pain.
Tonight I read with my son about gasses, and I told him sometimes you need to think about something you can't see so that you can understand something you can see.
Ed is someone I trust, so I read Psalm 91 several times. What does it mean to dwell? What does it mean to make the Lord my refuge and my fortress? When we were golfing one time I told Ed that more than anything else, God's message to me is "I am with you". Is that what he wants me to say to Him? James 8:8a “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you”
I ended the night by hugging both my sons....thanks Ed.
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,And show him My salvation.” (Psalm 91, New King James Version)
The Lord's Name....
My Deliverer
My Protector
My Savior
My Salvation
My Abba
My Provider
My Light
My Comforter
My Counselor
My Strength
My Sheild
My Hightower
My Fortress
My King
many more.....let me dwell here with you
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