Under God's Wing

Under God's Wings

As I find my self reflecting on the past couple of weeks I stand in awe at the little things God puts in our path to remind us of His unfailing love.

It might not have been the worst thing I had ever gone through, but if it wasn't it was right there at the top of the list.  This time it was different though, this time, unlike in the past, I didn't hesitate to turn to God and seek his refuge. And as I rested there under His wing, nestled snug against His breast, the warmth of His love and protection overwhelmed me. That alone would have been enough but God wasn't through with me yet, no He still had one more precious gift to share with me. Knowing the coming weeks would be especially trying He would soon bless me with a beautiful sign of reassurance.

Tired and weary from the week before I made my way down the walk on Sunday evening.  Before entering the church I was visiting I glanced up and there, under the cross, was God's gift to me.  She sat stoic and calm without even a flinch as I approached her.  Hidden beneath her wings, barely visible, were her precious babies snug and secure from the outside world.  Tears welled up from within as I pondered the awesome love and protection afforded me by God if I would just rest under His wing.  He hadn't called me to fix the world or to change that which I was incapable of changing. Neither had He called me to live in fear and anguish, He just called me to rest in the shadow of His wing and know that it was there and only there I would find His peace which passes all understanding.

• Psalm 36:7 "How priceless is you unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings."
• Psalm 61:4-5 "I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge under your wings."
• Psalm 63:7-8 "Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me."
• Psalm 91 4-6 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his fatefulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day; or for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday."
• Psalm 61:1-4 "Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You. When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a shelter for me. A strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever. I will trust in the shelter of your wings."
• Matthew 23:37-38 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate."