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The Shield

Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.

This verse is perfect for today.  I sit and think on the goodness of God, the way he protects and helps, the way he loves and supports.  There is no one in all the earth who cares for us as He does.  The part that is the most pertinent for me today is the Lord as my shield.  I was pondering the way the Lord shields us.   Sometimes we think of a shield as a parent might try to shield their children, keeping them from having to feel pain or suffering.  God does not shield us as a parent.  God shields us as our Creator.  He knows which experiences will shape us into the new creation we are in Him.  God is a shield to our hearts and our souls in the pain and suffering, but He does not shield us from experiencing it altogether because ultimately those are the things which draw us closest to Him.  Go through the trials with God as your strength and shield and you will come out on the other side with a newfound sense of who God is and the joy that He brings.

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