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A pilgrimige song:

I raise my eyes toward the mountains. 
Where will my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, 
the maker of heaven and earth. 
God won't let your foot slip. 
Your protector won't fall asleep on the job.
No! 
Israels protector never sleeps or rests! 
The LORD is your protector; 
the LORD is your shade right beside you.
The sun wont strike you during the day; 
neither will the moon at night.
The LORD will protect you from all evil; 
God will protect your very life.
The LORD will protect you on your journeys -  whether going or coming - from now until forever from now.
Psalms 121:1-8 CEB
This is a song of pilgrimige, of journey, of journeying with God and trusting in Him.
Our modern mind would like this to mean that nothing bad will happen to us, but we know that isnt true, our experience tells us something different, the person who wrote this song died a long time ago, Jesus told us that in this world we will have trouble, but to take heart, don't lose heart, because He has overcome the world - last words before his crucifixion.
So it must mean something different.
If our life is "forever from now", then our life is held by the Eternal, we are completely safe, inseperable, and this pilgrimige is about ever increasing faith in Him, that our God does hold us, even in this world...
#psalms
#psalms121
#itsajourney
#foreverfromnow

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