Trust in him at all times; eat people, pour out your heart before him, God is a refuge for us.
One of the greatest gifts a friend can give us is a listening ear, a safe place to pour out our hearts, without judgment, without trying to fix our problems.
God gives us that refuge each time we go to him in prayer. Prayer becomes our place of refuge when we do exactly what the psalmist says, "pour out your heart".
Sometimes we go through the motions of prayer and that is okay. I don't discount even those prayers. Every prayer of acknowledges our belief in God and our need for Him. We just don't want to miss the very wonderful opportunity that prayer offers. We can come to Father in prayer and freely talk to Him about everything in our lives. There is nothing taboo. If it is affecting us, then we can share it with Him.
We are always safe in His presence. We are loved and welcomed to no matter what. He wants us to lay our burdens at His feet.
LOVED -- SAFE -- SHELTERED -- PROTECTED
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word.
What more can he say then to you he has said
Who unto the Savior, who entered the Savior,
Who unto the Savior for refuge have fled.
In every condition - in sickness, in health,
In poverty's vale or abounding in wealth,
At home or abroad, on land or the sea
As thy days may demand, as thy days may demand,
As thy days may demand, so thy succor shall be.
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