Though the earth give way
When the mountains sway
If the seas heave and roar
When I can't stand more---
God is our refuge and strength
A help ever present, we won't be afraid.
God is our refuge and strength
We'll dwell near you all of our days.
---from Psalm 46/para.laca.
No matter how the world changes under our feet...our God walks beside us.
Click below to hear the song setting of this Psalm paraphrase...
Though the Earth Give Way
Showing posts with label storm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label storm. Show all posts
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Saturday, July 29, 2017
...hide me
Jesus,
Lover of my soul, let me to thy bosom fly,
while
the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high;
hide
me, O my Savior hide, till the storm of life is past;
safe
into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last.
Other
refuge have I none; hangs my helpless soul on thee;
leave,
ah! leave me not alone, still support and comfort me.
All my
trust on thee is stayed, all my help from thee I bring;
cover
my defenseless head with the shadow of thy wing.
---Charles Wesley, 1738
Sometimes we need to face the difficult circumstances in our
lives, to fight the good fight, to stand and deliver. And sometimes we need to
hide. This text is about those times. What comfort is present in these images,
of Jesus as a lover and nurturer of what is most tender in us! What safety, to
fly to the bosom of God, there to be held in the shadow of God’s wing, like a
mother bird gathering and protecting her chicks with her very life. What a
grace to be in relationship with a God who provides both the courage for
living, and refuge for resting.
Hide me.
Friday, March 6, 2015
...beneath your wings
Show mercy to me, my God,
more mercy than I deserve,
my soul seeks sanctuary
hidden in you;
I nestle in the safety and shelter
beneath your wings
while storm winds tear apart the sky.
I call out to you,
you, who know the way ahead of me.
You will clear the path
when there is none,
when obstructions block the way.
Your free-flowing love and
faithfulness meet me where I am.
---Psalm 57:1-3, 5 (para. laca)
There they are, on the webcam. The bald eagle couple, the most famous on-campus residents of Berry College in Rome GA. The pair have nested high in a tree on campus for some time now, and the unfolding domestic drama has lured throngs of viewers to follow the...action, if you could call it that...on their own little nest-cam. With the entirety of campus designated a wildlife sanctuary, encounters of the wild kind are not uncommon; but even at Berry, the eagle family is big news. Rumor is that construction of an on-campus football stadium has been put on hold because its site includes the nesting tree!
So, I was interested to see how the eagle's nest would fare during the recent winter storm in north Georgia. After all, eggs were in the nest, and the eagle couple had been taking turns, sitting in the nest, precious treasures closely guarded under wing. Sure enough, heavy snow covered the Rome area, and the nest-cam showed a thick blanket of white (and not much else) on the nest, high in the tree. Where were the eagles? What would be the fate of the eggs, so vulnerable in the nest? And then I looked closer. And a small hole in the snowy blanket revealed an opening just big enough for a beak, and maybe a black, darting eye piercing the otherwise unbroken expanse of white. The eagle had been there, eggs tucked safely underwing, braving the ferocity of the storm to protect a future she dreamed for her young, a future he cleared the way for by showing up, over and over.
You, my shelter and my guide, steady and loving.
more mercy than I deserve,
my soul seeks sanctuary
hidden in you;
I nestle in the safety and shelter
beneath your wings
while storm winds tear apart the sky.
I call out to you,
you, who know the way ahead of me.
You will clear the path
when there is none,
when obstructions block the way.
Your free-flowing love and
faithfulness meet me where I am.
---Psalm 57:1-3, 5 (para. laca)
There they are, on the webcam. The bald eagle couple, the most famous on-campus residents of Berry College in Rome GA. The pair have nested high in a tree on campus for some time now, and the unfolding domestic drama has lured throngs of viewers to follow the...action, if you could call it that...on their own little nest-cam. With the entirety of campus designated a wildlife sanctuary, encounters of the wild kind are not uncommon; but even at Berry, the eagle family is big news. Rumor is that construction of an on-campus football stadium has been put on hold because its site includes the nesting tree!
So, I was interested to see how the eagle's nest would fare during the recent winter storm in north Georgia. After all, eggs were in the nest, and the eagle couple had been taking turns, sitting in the nest, precious treasures closely guarded under wing. Sure enough, heavy snow covered the Rome area, and the nest-cam showed a thick blanket of white (and not much else) on the nest, high in the tree. Where were the eagles? What would be the fate of the eggs, so vulnerable in the nest? And then I looked closer. And a small hole in the snowy blanket revealed an opening just big enough for a beak, and maybe a black, darting eye piercing the otherwise unbroken expanse of white. The eagle had been there, eggs tucked safely underwing, braving the ferocity of the storm to protect a future she dreamed for her young, a future he cleared the way for by showing up, over and over.
You, my shelter and my guide, steady and loving.
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