…my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.
✙ 2 Samuel 22:3
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In the Hebrew scriptures we read of a God who stands in the breach between us and what might harm us. In the New Testament, God is given a face: that of Jesus Christ, who died our death that we might live lives eternally blessed by God. How often do I allow my own mind to wander paths in which that which frightens me stands between me and this saving God?✙
The Apostle Paul made it clear that, despite my worries or my fears, there's nothing that can separate me from God's love. I might worry about the state of my soul. I might become weary of life. I might cower before the grave.