Whenever I Am Afraid

I wanted to get out of town on my day off yesterday and my husband obliged; however we met up with a snow storm on the drive home.  In the dark the snow   flakes became streamers of white in our headlights, making it at least once, impossible to see the road.  Suddenly my home seemed too far away and I was afraid.  Why did I ever want to leave in the first place?   Snow is unusual here this late in the season and is normally something I appreciate from afar as it frosts the mountain tops.  Psalm 56:3 came to mind last night, and it is a good verse indeed.  Whenever I am afraid, my God is my hiding place.

You Are My Hiding Place - Selah 

My Very Strong Shoes

Romans 5:3-5 English Standard Version (ESV)

3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Philippians 4:13 English Standard Version (ESV)

13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Psalm 32:7New King James Version (NKJV)

7 You are my hiding place;

You shall preserve me from trouble;

You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

Rheumatoid arthritis has taught me to appreciate strong shoes, because uneven ground is not my friend.  So I like this quote by Corrie Ten Boom.  I am reminded that God gives me strong, spiritual shoes to walk the hard roads of life.  God never called me to lead a comfortable life, as much as I would have liked it to be my calling.  (You want me to stay three weeks in a plush Hawaiian resort?  Here I am, Lord, send me.)  We are all meted out a measure of suffering in this life but, thankfully, we are also given grace beyond measure. 

You Are My Hiding Place - Selah