Our Help

 

3/13/2022

Our world is in turmoil, our nation is in turmoil, and I know many individuals that are also in personal turmoil. I am praying for all, but I feel as if there is little else I can do other than point to the Source of strength. I offer this Psalm as a reminder that the Creator of the universe is, and always has been, in control. He is our refuge and our fortress. May His peace and strength be with you all.

 

Psalm 46
 “God is our refuge and strength,
    an ever-present help in trouble.
 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
 though its waters roar and foam
    and the mountains quake with their surging.^[c]
 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
    the holy place where the Most High dwells.
 God is within her, she will not fall;
    God will help her at break of day.
 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
    he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
 The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress.
 Come and see what the Lord has done,
    the desolations he has brought on the earth.
 He makes wars cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields^[d] with fire.
 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”
 The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress.”