God, My Refuge.

God is our refuge. Refuge- shelter, protection, sanctuary, harbor, safe haven.

Heaven is my home, God is my refuge.

I am a stranger and pilgrim upon this earth, allowed to exist not for a senseless end, but for the purpose of God's love, God's will.

I suffer as we all suffer - great or small, rich or poor, sickly or healthy. We each suffer as is our lot to do so as long as we exist in a world whose ruler is the prince of darkness. My suffering is little compared to many, and my suffering is great compared to many. We all exist within the confines of our own uniqueness. Our sharing the common things of all mankind can give us a tiny bit of compassion and comprehension for each other until we delve down into the uniqueness of self-experience that no other can ever possibly have. We are uniquely created and God's most merciful love is enough for each of us to cling to as His children. We are the children of God. What wonder, what majesty, what honor! Our worth can only be measured against the value place upon us. Our value according to the very One who created us is so incredibly high, we were worth a God dying for us. Our nothingness in the shadow of such magnificent love leaves us clinging to the hope of the righteousness of the One who deems us worthy. He is our refuge, He is our hope, always!

Deu_33:27  The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms …

2Sa_22:3  The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me …

Psa_9:9  The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Psa_46:1 … God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psa_46:7  The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psa_48:3  God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

Psa_57:1  …Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

Psa_59:16  But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

Psa_62:7  In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Psa_62:8  Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psa_71:7 … thou art my strong refuge.

Psa_91:2  I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Psa_91:9  Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation

Psa_94:22  But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

Psa_142:5  I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

Pro_14:26  In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Isa 25:4  For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 

Jer_16:19  O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction…

Heb_6:18  That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Heb 6:19  Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; 

Heb 6:20  Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 

Psa 91:1  He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 

Psa 91:2  I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 

Psa 91:3  Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 

Psa 91:4  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 

Psa 91:5  Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 

Psa 91:6  Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 

Psa 91:7  A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 

Psa 91:8  Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. 

Psa 91:9  Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 

Psa 91:10  There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 

Psa 91:11  For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 

Psa 91:12  They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

Psa 91:13  Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 

Psa 91:14  Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 

Psa 91:15  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. 

Psa 91:16  With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.