Psalm 68:5 Father of orphans and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.
Your palms are sweating. Your breath catches. You look around and all it seems that you see are cold and unfeeling eyes. Nobody seems to notice you. Nobody seems to notice the trouble you feel inside. If they do notice, you imagine you see them licking their chops, ready to chew you up and spit you out.
Maybe it's your first job interview in years. Maybe it's that meeting with the corporate vice president you is about to announce who's been downsized. Maybe you're meeting with the banker. Or facing the ACT test. Whatever the specifics, we all know what it feels like to feel like we're alone. It feels, bodily. You can feel the alone-ness and the threat throughout your body. We all know the feeling of terror and fear that comes from facing life-changing or life-ending problems by ourselves.
"Father of orphans and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation." Those who seem alone are never alone. Thanks be to God.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
Join us for Holden Evening Prayer this evening at the home of Dutch and Carole Graesser. 7 pm at 18 Willow Bay in South Barrington.
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