Psalms 56:3-4 CSB

When I am afraid, 

I will trust in you.

In God, 

whose word I praise, 

in God I trust; 

I will not be afraid. 

What can mere mortals do to me?

Do you have some favourite verses, some "go to" places?

This is one of mine.

ANZAC Day is a day of remembering.

Remembering those who we have lost in war.

And we can't separate those people we have lost from war, from nations defending their integrity, their land, their people, their identity, defending others who are vulnerable, joining together for causes that are just, making a stand even when afraid.

This small part of Psalm 56 acknowledges our fears;

"When I am afraid"

The psalmist knows what it is to be afraid.

And in that fear the song writer looks for someone bigger to hold on to, and chooses to trust in God.

While afraid.

And as fear is spoken and held by God, something shifts in this song as a bigger story, a bigger perspective is found.

As we remember loss, those we have lost, may we choose to trust in the Big Story, the redemption and putting right of all things, the end of war, the end of fear, the hope that the resurrection of Jesus holds.

#easter2025

#ANZAC 

#hopeintheBigStory

#dontbeafraid