He will cover you with his feathers.
He will shelter you with his wings.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection.Psalm 91:4 New Living Translation
I’ve always had a special place in my heart for Psalm 91.
It became special to me in 1985 when my husband started working the midnight shift and I was alone at night for the first time in my life. We had recently moved from a village of 750 folks to Terre Haute, IN, a much bigger town of over 50,000 people. The sounds of the city were scary at night. As soon as Jim backed the car out of the driveway to head to work, I barricaded myself in the bedroom with my Dake’s Bible. I would open it up to Psalm 91 and read it over and over until I would fall asleep. I would often wake up to find the bible draped over my pregnant belly and the lamp still blazing.
Fast forward to 2020 and the season of COVID, and Psalm 91 became my favorite reading material again. This time I focused on verse 10, “Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling,” for comfort.
But in 2022, I read verse 4 in the New Living Translation, and the truth leapt out from the page: His promises WERE, and ARE, my protection.
I did dwell in safety, and even though COVID has touched me twice, I’m still alive and well. It’s not that those words were like a good-luck charm draped around my neck. It’s the fact I’ve devoted my life to dwelling with Him in the secret place.
Do I do it perfectly? No, a thousand times no! But it truly is my heart’s desire, and He knows this about me.
So, I will continue to wear His promises like armor and trust in His protection. If bad times come, I know He will help me get through them because verse 15 says He will deliver me.
I praise Him for His promises!
Fast forward to 2020 and the season of COVID, and Psalm 91 became my favorite reading material again. This time I focused on verse 10, “Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling,” for comfort.
But in 2022, I read verse 4 in the New Living Translation, and the truth leapt out from the page: His promises WERE, and ARE, my protection.
I did dwell in safety, and even though COVID has touched me twice, I’m still alive and well. It’s not that those words were like a good-luck charm draped around my neck. It’s the fact I’ve devoted my life to dwelling with Him in the secret place.
Do I do it perfectly? No, a thousand times no! But it truly is my heart’s desire, and He knows this about me.
So, I will continue to wear His promises like armor and trust in His protection. If bad times come, I know He will help me get through them because verse 15 says He will deliver me.
I praise Him for His promises!
Welcome
to Praise Posts 2022!
In the midst of the crazy world we live, I’m more grateful than ever for the Word of God. Scripture gives me a firm foundation to stand upon when everything else seems shaky. It seems each day I crave His Word even more, and it speaks to me even more plainly than it ever has.
With that in mind, I’ve decided to make this year’s Praise Posts all about scripture. Beginning November 14 and running through November 24, I am planning to pick out 10 scriptures that meant the most to me in 2022 and do a Praise Post each day on one of them. I hope you’ll join me each day by posting one of your favorite scriptures in the comment section.
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