A friend of mine wrote and shared these words with me. We both agreed this needs to be shared with the world. Be blessed as you read.

Psalm 32

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Psalm 32:7

When life becomes overwhelming, my preferential options are escape and avoidance, hoping that should I emerge, the overwhelming would have passed. What is your go-to method of escape or avoidance? Whether we “unplug”, “run away”, or “hide under a rock”, the temptation is to simply step aside and allow life’s challenges to pass.

Some are always prepared to face and fight whatever comes. I will confess that my preferential option, when these rock bottom moments come, is to step away. Perhaps it is the feeling that, having fought all the fight I have, my fighting days are over. And when faced with that which daunts me, I would rather step away, preserving myself to and return to fight another day.

I know I am not the only one. Everyone faces that moment when life comes at as a multi-layered, multi-faceted, multi-tentacled monster whose pathologically complex and complicated toxic venom affects of our lives in places we never new existed, and in ways that we could not imagine.

Overwehlmed? Step away
Tired? Step away.
Hurt? Step away.
Frustrated? Step away
Confused? Step away.
Disheartened? Step away.
I may be considered a coward for preferring the option of stepping away. But what if I chose to affirm God’s offer to be my Rock in weary land, my Shelter in the time of storm? Then my response will be the affirmation of the truth that “You are my Hiding Place, you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance”~ Psalm 32:7.

I know I will not always be able to step away from life. But when I must, I can and should do so, hiding myself in God, whose love, care and compassion toward me are immeasurable. In fact, I never previously realised that when God is my hiding place, not only will I be protected from trouble, but I will also be surrounded with songs of deliverance. And in these “songs of deliverance” my inarticulate cacophony of inescapable musings become prayers of tunes, tones, and tempo. They offer both communion and communication with God much deeper than I know I need to, and in ways that I cannot imagine.

Prayer:
Lord, I am grateful for the opportunity to step away, to hide, to unplug, to run away, to crawl under a rock. You are present in every place that I could think of to escape, with your love that surpasses my understanding, and your strength made perfect in my weakness. Today, I invite to become my hiding place. Hide me in You, so that I will not be afraid, but always trust in your unfailing love. Be with me in my hiding place, so that my songs of deliverance will become my song of righteousness.

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