Today’s focus is Psalm 46:1
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
When I was in grade school, my prized possession was a BB‑gun. It couldn’t do much damage, but in my hands it felt like a real gun. One afternoon, two friends and I marched into the Big Thicket woods near Porter, Texas. We were wild game hunting. Hours later, we took a shortcut home. Within minutes after leaving the known path, we were lost. Darkness was falling fast.
We saved a few BBs in case a mountain lion attacked. Fear makes fools of us all. So we walked, prayed, and walked some more. Just when the dark settled in, a porch light appeared like a star over Bethlehem. A kind man opened his door and drove three trembling boys home.
Life has a way of leading us off the trail. A bad choice here, a shortcut there, and suddenly the fear feel bigger than our faith. But God has a way of placing porch lights in the woods, help we never thought to ask for, grace we never saw coming.
So when you mess up, don’t quit. Keep trying. Keep praying. God is your helper.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.