Light and Salvation

I have had a super busy week...getting some things in order and finishing some things for work before heading out of town for TN! So excited. I needed a short break tonight from the demanding busyness of the day, so I spent a few moments reading Psalm 27. What consolation knowing that God is my stronghold and that He is the reason I should not fear the whirlwind that life can sometimes become. My trust shall be in Him, not my ability to or not to accomplish all the things I deem necessary. It is easy to allow those things to consume me and steal my joy at times. How tragic when the Lord has given us, by His grace, many blessings, the ultimate one in Christ, who is our salvation.
My prayer is that the Lord would be Livy's light and salvation and that there would not be a day in her life when she doesn't know that she can hide in His shelter in the day of trouble. He loves her far more than even we ever could. Amazing to consider.

Psalm 27:1-6

"The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?

When evildoers assail me
to eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.

Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
yet I will be confident.

One thing have I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire in his temple.

For he will hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will lift me high upon a rock.

And now my head shall be lifted up
above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the Lord."