Posted by Lisa Laree to Beer Lahai Roi
Insert expected exclamation of disbelief that it is July 1 already and time for the 13th Verse in the 2015 Siesta Scripture Memory Team assignment. (BTW, Beth is teaching today on the blog on her chosen verse...Gal. 6:1. Good stuff)
My journey through Psalms 121 brings me to verses 5 and 6:
The LORD watches over you -- The LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day nor the moon by night. -- Ps 121:5-6 NIV84
I've always thought this was kind of an interesting concept...of course, the sun has potential to cause harm...blistering sunburn, dehydration, heat stroke, etc.; in contrast, the moon itself is rather harmless. I think the poetic language implies protection from the threat that comes under the cover of night.
Because God is the shade; the One who stands between the threat and the threatened to protect, cover and shield.
Just the idea of being in the shade is restful and restorative.
A good passage for July 1.
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