Protected.

By: Monique Smith

(Background text for this is Psalm 91)

This weekend I was in Virginia on vacation with my family. On Friday night, before heading into the hotel, we stopped at Walmart. When we walked in the store, nothing seemed strange and the weather was nice. But about 20 minutes later, we walked outside and it legit looked like a tornado! At first it was kind of cool because my cousin and I had on dresses and they were flying up like Marilyn Monroe’s in that movie…lol….but then it got a little scary when shopping carts started rolling into peoples cars and it was hard to see. Thankfully we made it back to our hotel safely. The next day, later that afternoon, my grandmother calls from NC telling us that 6 people were killed in that storm and over 1 million people from the VA and DC area lost their electricity. As we rode around, we began to notice trees split in half and other destruction the storm caused.

As I began to think more about that, I got so much joy! All this destruction was going on all around us, but we slept sound all through the night and woke up with nothing damaged. Oh how great it is to be protected! And then, I started thinking about my unfortunately terrible driving earlier that day which could have resulted in a 10+ car pile up, but God protected me and my family! It is such an amazing feeling!

My challenge to you is to think about how you have been protected this week, or even today! Don’t take God’s protection for granted, because it is priceless! Isn’t that amazing?! Just wanted to pop in and share this! If you just THINK about the GOODNESS of JESUS….and Alllllllll He has done for you, your SOUL will cry out! Hallelujah!

Prayer: Lord, I humbly come before you sincerely giving you praise for your mighty hand and for your unfailing protection. Thank you for allowing me to flourish in this world when everything around me seems to be in shambles. Lord, I love you and want you to help me in my commitment to you as well as to others. Lord, have your way in my life! In Jesus name, amen.