{"id":4688,"date":"2011-08-27T20:26:01","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T00:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/2011\/08\/psalm-46-a-song-of-safety-from-the-storms\/"},"modified":"2011-08-27T20:26:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-28T00:26:01","slug":"psalm-46-a-song-of-safety-from-the-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=4688","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 46- a song of safety from the storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Psalm 46<\/h6>\n<p><strong>For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to <em>alamoth.<\/em>A song.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> God is our refuge and strength,<br \/>\nan ever-present help in trouble.<br \/>\n<sup>2<\/sup> Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way<br \/>\nand the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,<br \/>\n<sup>3<\/sup> though its waters roar and foam<br \/>\nand the mountains quake with their surging.<\/p>\n<p><sup>4<\/sup> There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,<br \/>\nthe holy place where the Most High dwells.<br \/>\n<sup>5<\/sup> God is within her, she will not fall;<br \/>\nGod will help her at break of day.<br \/>\n<sup>6<\/sup> Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;<br \/>\nhe lifts his voice, the earth melts.<\/p>\n<p><sup>7<\/sup> The LORD Almighty is with us;<br \/>\nthe God of Jacob is our fortress.<\/p>\n<p><sup>8<\/sup> Come and see what the LORD has done,<br \/>\nthe desolations he has brought on the earth.<br \/>\n<sup>9<\/sup> He makes wars cease<br \/>\nto the ends of the earth.<br \/>\nHe breaks the bow and shatters the spear;<br \/>\nhe burns the shields with fire.<br \/>\n<sup>10<\/sup> He says, \u201cBe still, and know that I am God;<br \/>\nI will be exalted among the nations,<br \/>\nI will be exalted in the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><sup>11<\/sup> The LORD Almighty is with us;<br \/>\nthe God of Jacob is our fortress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I don\u2019t know about you- but between the earthquake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>and the storm- I\u2019m glad I have a safe place.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There really is NO safe place on earth- everywhere is<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>subject to storms and earthquakes, volcanoes and tornadoes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Floods and flash floods, unstable neighbours, angry youth and<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>wars- let us not forget wars.\u00a0 Life at best is a gamble.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, I\u2019m thankful I have a God who is Almighty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Above all the limitations of this world and capable of <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>making wars cease-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He says , \u201cBe still, and know that I am God;\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And that is exactly what I am doing this weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Praying and being still before the Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Spending time in the only safe place I know.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 46 For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.A song. 1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=4688\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritualinsights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}