Psalm 46
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God Is Our Fortress
God is our refuge and strength,
…a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
…though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam,
…though the mountains tremble at its swelling.……..Selah
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
…the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
…God will help her when morning dawns.
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
…he utters his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord of hosts is with us;
…the God of Jacob is our fortress.……..Selah
Come, behold the works of the Lord,
…how he has brought desolations on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
…he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
…he burns the chariots with fire.
“Be still, and know that I am God.
…I will be exalted among the nations,
…I will be exalted in the earth!”
The Lord of hosts is with us;
…the God of Jacob is our fortress.……..Selah
{Psalm 46, ESV}
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I’m so glad you read it! I believe this very strongly!–“God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns…The Lord of hosts is with us…The Lord of hosts is with us…
thank you for encouraging me to read it.
Thank you for sharing, Georgia. I needed to read these words tonight.
I’m so glad, Heather. I needed them today too. My counselor read them in the morning and told me later that she thought of me as she read them. So she shared it with me. After we got off the phone, I went to read them. It was about all I could post today. I have no words of my own right now. So the words of the Psalmist seemed like something that would be good instead. And much better will they ever be than anything I could ever say.
Be still and know that I am God.
This has been my mantra lately.
Beautiful verses.
me too, andrea. it’s been a theme of mine since meeting with another mom during my pregnancy who had a trisomy 18 baby 10 years before i did. someone had given her a rock with that verse on it while she was pregnant with her sweet boy. so she gave the rock to me… passing it on… during my own pregnancy… something to cling to as she did. and she asked me to pass it on to someone at some point too. and i plan to. it was a precious gift… i even brought the rock to the hospital with me, and there was a photograph made of it sitting there next to my bed as i labored. it meant so much coming from a mom who had gone through what i was going through, because it meant a lot that she would even enter into my story and let me enter into hers. not everyone who loses a baby can do that. being the person who craves connection that i am, i was so grateful to have her experience to look and lean into for support. and that rock was such a gift. it still sits next to my bed even now, and will have to for quite a while, i suspect, as this is far from over for me. and seeing that is where i do my most crying, it’s a good place for it.
Love that Psalm so much!
me, too… especially verse 10. i know it’s like one of the most quoted of all time. but there is a reason for that, no? =)