The Lord is my Strength and my Shield

Lately with all the sickies and consequential grumpy people at my house, Papa has popped this particular verse into my head more times than I can count.

The Lord is my strength and my shield, my heart trusts in Him and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, and with my song I will thank Him.
Psalm 28:7

Even in a solid 6 weeks of sickness, I knew that Papa was caring for us.

In the middle of the 6 weeks of sickness we had a $750 repair that had to be done on our van. With one swipe, the credit card I had just paid off was right back where it was before. I can trust. I can. Really, I can. Sometimes I have to continually remind myself to trust. I have never been given a reason not to trust. A few days later Office Man gets the flu. Papa had it covered. He had the funds for the flu and the brakes in the mail before we even spent the money. The Lord is my strength and my shield

I am human, in all it's sinful fallicies. I still get nervous, I over-react, I yell and scream and throw tantrums right along with my children. The Lord is my strength and my shield

By Papa's amazing grace, when I am about to lose control, I CAN indeed lose control. I can lose it because I shouldn't be holding onto it in the first place.

My strength is not my strength. My Papa is my strength, I need not fear what is falling on me, or what is thrown at me because by His strength I will stand through it all. I will stand with Papa's strength, and be shielded by Him as well.

The more I begin to walk in faith, and learn to truly trust (instead of just saying that I do) the less I find myself losing control. I can't lose control if I do not claim control for myself. I do not lose what I do not have. If Papa's strength flows through me, and His love shields me, I have nothing to fear.

The Lord is my strength and my shield

I get stressed out. I lose my temper. I worry. I get frustrated. I yell.

The Lord is my strength and my shield

I am loved. I am safe. I am precious to the Father that created me.

The more I remember that the Lord is my strength and my shield the less I find stress stresses me out. I don't lose my temper unless I forget where my strength comes from. I have no reason to yell if I am un-afraid because I know Who my Shield is.