Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Psalm 121
121:1 I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore. (ESV)
by Leanne Lippincott
When I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in 1999, I was more than a little frightened. It didn’t take long for me to realize that, in spite of the love and concern of family and friends, my true anchor was—and is—God.
The night before my surgery, I climbed into bed as usual. As I laid there in the dark, I envisioned being surrounded by an army of armor-clad angels, ready to defend me from Satan’s mind-piercing arrows of doubt and fear. I also envisioned angels floating above me, their gossamer wings forming a protective canopy. Reassured that I was in God’s capable care, I slept soundly and peacefully.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
