For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His dwelling; He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock. (Psalm 27: 5 NIV)
We have had a lot of "emergency situations" lately, one after another. My husband was hospitalized due to muscle spasms that made it hard for him to breathe. I cringed at having to face one more thing.
Then, I remembered my now favorite saying ... “Sometimes God calms the storm, sometimes God lets the storm rage and calms the child.” I am realizing how easily I panic, get upset, think the worst, and get all tangled up inside when things go wrong, instead of relying on God and going to him right away.
I let my thoughts get away from me and they spiral down, down, down. When we were following the ambulance (my youngest son was driving us), I imagined myself on a huge rock in the middle of a stormy sea. The waves were crashing on the rock, the winds whirling around me. It was almost comical as I felt I was in the middle of a hurricane - kind of like the tornado in the Wizard of Oz movie. All the things that had been going wrong were swirling about me, but I set my mind on staying on the rock. I imagined Jesus next to me on the rock. He was standing tall and strong. At first I imagined standing next to him, but I realized it felt more real for me to be sitting on the rock, holding on to him. I so needed something to hold on to.
When we got to the emergency room, (I tend to have panic attacks in the ER, since my daughter died there) and dug out my cell phone to play solitaire to distract myself, I realized I had my Bible Reader too. I opened that instead and figured I'd go to Psalms. I picked Psalm 27 and started reading. I smiled. How like God to confirm what I was doing. How like God to meet me, right where I was. No chiding, no scolding for my fears, but holding me closely, saying, “Yes … I AM the Rock, stand on Me.”
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About The Author:
deni weber lives in Valpo, Indiana and has been challenged with Ankylosing Spondylistis, Celiac Sprue, Atrial Fibrillation, and other chronic conditions. deni sees God leading her on a “parade of daily adventures” towards knowing His love, mercy, and grace.
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