Security and Shelter
Is security and shelter an unreal expectation, a dream, an illusion?
It is absolutely what any human being would want: to sleep, to shop, to work without threat
of attack by other humans, or the elements, or famine or plague. The biblical Creation narratives present
a most wonderful theology (the word mean an idea of God); that God’s creation is Good.
Adam walks in the Garden of Eden peacefully chatting with God and content with the
responsibility of taking care of what God has made. BUT the narrative goes on to so rightly
describe the disruption humans have on this Creation. And throughout history
men and women have lived in peace and war. But also in the torment
of their own fears and in safety under shelter of the Most High.
You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91: 1-2
This week, let us offer our prayers for peace in South Africa.
We give thanks for the witness of Mothers’ Union in Grahamstown.
As many members gathered for worship on Lady Day, and rejoiced the shelter of the Most High,
we pray they find peace in their hearts and lives.