Walking around Rio de Janeiro as a young man in the Navy was exciting!
The beaches, city and weather were absolutely beautiful and it was easy to get distracted
by so much to see.
Glancing across a wide boulevard
jutting above the yacht harbor
was “Sugarloaf” mountain
and when the light turned green,
I hurriedly stepped off the curb to cross the street to get a closer look.
No sooner than I did,
a little Fiat going about 60 miles an hour ran the stop light,
but the strong hand of my weightlifting Navy buddy snatched me by the collar
and violently yanked me back off my feet as the car
clipped the curb - my flailing shoe lightly brushing the car’ side view mirror as the car raced by.
My friend 'Rack' scolded me saying,
“They don’t obey traffic lights down here son!
When no one’s coming they just GO!”
I certainly would have been killed if my shipmate had not
literally had my back.
I didn’t see the danger coming, and likewise in our lives God often delivers us from
dangers we also never saw coming. As today’s verse tells us, he nestles us under the shadow
of His wings until the danger passes by.
The key here friend is to have HIM 'Have Your Back'
and the only way is if you stay close to God,
because when you are close to Him in THIS life,
then He will be close to you In The Next Life.
Does God have your back?
Or are you stepping out on your own?
God Bless Your Day
Jesus Loves You
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