A moment's meditation.
By 41Combedale
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
Greece
February 6, 2016 11:08am CST
I have been reading some beautiful words today that I would like to share. They will be familiar to a number of you and found in Psalm 121 which starts ‘I will lift up my eyes to the hills’.
The looking up is for help and the person who is expected to help is the LORD, the great I AM of the Bible.
This looking up is followed by the assurance that His response is to ‘watch over’ which is more than a looking down at us as we look up to Him - it means ‘taking care of’ us.
The taking care of involves making sure we do not slip and fall, it is protection over our lives. We are being watched over both day and night as we come and go. It is a 'watching over' that we can rely on both now and always.
When I feel worried about the future these are the words I take to heart, they give me security in troubled times.
image from Pixabay
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
I've read your bio so I understand your comment, but I hope that you can begin to believe just a little that God loves you. Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
@nezavisima (7408)
• Bulgaria
6 Feb 16
nice discussion friend.
I like it.
Yes we should always pray to God it helps us even if we do not see it.
We need to know that it is up to us long, however, we believe sincerely that.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
I agree with your comments on prayer, of course praying is just the start of the journey and we also have play our part.
@celticeagle (159606)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Feb 16
I love this picture. I wish I was running in the meadow.
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@celticeagle (159606)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Feb 16
@41CombedaleRoad ....It is lovely. Glad you shared it.
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
Thank you Celtic and for reading my post regardless! I love the photo too it is one I feel I could run into.
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
6 Feb 16
Your lifting to the sky's and the lord awaits your gaze he will be there.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
Yes He will and He is, He is someone we can rely upon.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
I did not have a safe refuge or a strong tower picture, unfortunately but I did have one of the hills.
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
I do not know how I would manage without Him, I would certainly worry a lot more about the future if I did not have faith in the Lord.
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
You must be well grounded in the Word, thank you for your response.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
6 Feb 16
Such encouraging words:
Psalm 121:7-8 American Standard Version
7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.
8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
The name Jehovah is itself a translation of the Hebrew word which means ' I am who I am' it is simply translated as the LORD in the English Bible
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
We all need to be comforted and feel loved even if the One who loves us cannot be seen and has to be reached through faith.
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@Shiva49 (26231)
• Singapore
12 Feb 16
@41CombedaleRoad I try to reach out to the source of my being and then I get solace - siva
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Feb 16
Christians do not have a favourite god or even a choice. To us there is only One.
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@Scindhia (1906)
• India
12 Feb 16
@41CombedaleRoad Unlike ours where we have a dozen popular deities and a thousand customs.
