Refuge & Shelter

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Read along with Psalm 91. 

Sermon excerpt: 
It is so very easy to feel abandoned by God when tragedy strikes. It is so very easy to feel as though God has withdrawn his gracious presence when the news breaks of another clash between police and protestors,when someone reports on another weekend of heroin overdoses. It is so very easy to feel like God is absent when things seem to be spiraling out of control and there seems to be no way to stop it.  

But the truth is this: God is nearest to us when we need him the most, offering shelter under his wings and refuge in his fortress of strength. In Psalm 91, “the psalmist is affirming that God will be with the people in trouble, […] but may not make the trouble go away.”[1]Faith in God is not a bubble which keeps away all harm.

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[1] www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=2727