after the refuge
Sometimes it's easier to look away. That doesn't make the pain go away though. After we've taken refuge the work begins. What is God calling you out of the refuge to do today?
Psalm 36:7
The children of humankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
There is one picture that will always haunt me - it’s dusk and a baby, barely old enough to take her first steps, screams are captured next to the harsh lights of ICE vehicles.
When the United States began separating families at the border a new doubt settled in my bones I still cannot shake. I remember thinking, where is God?
Heartache, rage, and doubt engulfed me. I am not equipped to understand why the most innocent amongst us suffer. When you've experienced heartache, rage, and anger it's hard not to ask where God is.
Psalm 36 tells me that God knew there would be suffering and heartache. We would all be haunted in some way and with that heartache, desperately need refuge.
Sometimes it's easier to look away. That doesn't make the pain go away though. After we've taken refuge the work begins. What is God calling you out of the refuge to do today?
—Jeanette Rojas