Today is Thursday, October 10th, 2013; Karen's Korner #2669
A couple weeks ago when our Zimbabwe missionaries Fanny & Martha were in Clarion, Martha was part of our ladies weekly prayer group. As we talked, Martha pulled a small Bible out of her purse and gently told us a couple of her thoughts.
She told about Psalms mentioning about God being a Rock, Our Rock in several places. "We have to remember that David (writer of many of the 150 chapters of this book) was a shepherd. When out in the fields guarding his flocks, there were sometimes wild animals with which he had to contend. At those times, he would have to hide behind large rocks in those pastures to protect himself and his sheep from danger."
Martha said there are sometimes like those sheep, we are in need of a Shepherd, who is Our Rock, to hide behind or to be used by us for our safety and protection.
Here are a couple which I scanned and found:
"I plead with you to help me, Lord, for your are my Rock of safety."
~ Psalm 28:1
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"O God, my Rock....."
~ Psalm 42:9
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"Yes, he alone is my Rock,
my rescuer, defense and fortress--
why then should I be tense with fear when trouble comes?"
~ Psalm 62:2 (and repeated in verse 6)
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"Then they remembered that God was their Rock--
that their Savior
was the God above all gods."
~ Psalm 78:35
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"Oh, come, let us sing to the Lord!
Give a joyous shout in honor
of the Rock of our salvation."
~ Psalm 95:1
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