The Lord is our refuge

Many times we fail to look outside ourselves.

I am a victim of thinking so much of myself that sometimes I just never think of others or the world outside.

We try to figure out ways to get the project done, to hit that sales figure, to please others... you get the picture.


But the recent earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan really got the whole world shaking (especially the countries around the Pacific).

With the various flooding, earthquakes, fires, hurricanes and droughts that came about since the dawn of 2011...
it's easy to be shaken and doubt one's security.

With the various things in life, a breakup, a letdown, betrayal, hurt, failures, mishaps and accidents...
it's easy to be shaken and doubt oneself.


Turning to Psalm 46 was so reassuring and comforting...

"God is our refuge
and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear,
though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging."



God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.


Let's have a moment of silence for Japan.


Picture courtesy of undertheweathermap.