Friday... Now this is the way to start a new day.

Psalm 46:1 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble." Did you catch that? He is "our" refuge? The "our" makes it personable. Now we have to reach out and rely in order to realize it that he is always ready. But it is the truth. Again, he is always ready in times of our being in trouble.

The writer goes on. Verse 2 says, "So we will not fear." So many times we go to bed afraid and then we wake up in fear. Again, "We will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea." Verse 3, "Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!"

I live 4 hours away from the ocean but I do live in a valley that is surrounded by mountains. But maybe it isn't mountains or the ocean that makes us afraid. But no matter what it is, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble." So are you in some type of trouble?

The Amplified Bible says, "God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], a very present and well-proven help in trouble." I love that, God is mighty and impenetrable and he is always present and he is well-proven. No matter where you are or what your are going through he is close and he is competent. He can take care of it. And he is well-proven.

The Message says it this way, "God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, before the rush of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains."

He has it covered. He has that trouble that we are facing covered and he wants us to realize that and rely on that. Now that is a great way to start our day, isn't it? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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