Sometimes we hear the tornado warning sirens and we know it is time to take shelter and seek a safe place to be. But there are other times in life it might not be so obvious that we are in danger. Maybe we are too innocent to understand the situation. Maybe we are too deep in some mucky stuff. Or we don’t know where a safe place is. Maybe we stumble someplace for shelter and it is really just a place where the vulnerable are preyed upon. And there we are, again; it seems we are in a hopeless place.
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Good shelter, even if it is temporary, can give someone hope. In my mind, shelter isn’t just a physical structure, it is also a mental or spiritual place that provides respite, encouragement, or some level of peace and calm so the heart and mind can think and make a plan. It may provide food as well as food for thought.
A place to be heard.
A place to be cared for.
A place to be renewed and strengthened for the days ahead.
Where do you seek your shelter from these busy days? Do you have a place you like to dwell when you need a break from this complicated life?
For in the day of trouble
he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent
and set me high upon a rock. [Psalm 27:5, NIV]
May God enlarge your view of shelter!
Liz
PrayerPrompt: FORGIVENESS
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As I was thinking on this I realized that just knowing where the shelter is is not enough. We need to GO to the shelter to experience any benefits.
Great point. Knowledge isn’t enough.
Yes! You are so right! Knowledge isn’t everything.
When I think of shelter – the word refuge comes to mind . If the Lord is my shelter, he is my refuge. Psalm 46
Amen! I like the word sanctuary. A protected place…A place of protection.