“You have been …a
shelter from the storm…”
Isaiah 25:4
My son and I were
hiking today in a state park called Stoney Brook.
The drive from our
home was about 90 minutes long under a gray, cloud-covered sky.
There was no rain for
the trip so we felt confident setting out on the ½ mile gorge trail.
No sooner had we put
our left foot in front of our right than the sprinkles started.
Not to worry though,
the tree canopy above was like an umbrella protecting us from the mild showers.
But…perhaps a ¼ mile
into the hike and the heavens opened up!
Gorge on one side,
rock wall on the other side.
Where to go?
There, as we rounded
the bend was our shelter in the storm.
A rock outcrop that
was just high enough to duck under.
The picture above is
what became our actual ‘shelter from the storm’.
My son snapped the picture
on our hike back.
David spoke over and
over of God becoming his hiding place, his rock, his fortress, his shield and
buckler.
God is our shelter
when we face the storms of life.
Storms come to all of
us.
Those who know the
Lord will find Him to be their shelter.
Do you know Him?
You will not face a
life free of the storms but you can know Him who can protect you through them.
When we got back to
the car my wife could not understand how we were dry.
She expected us to
come back, wringing out our clothes and sopping wet.
We were excited to
tell her about our shelter from the storm.
Do you have that same shelter?
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