I’m memorizing Psalm 71. Such a delightful psalm. It is full of little prayer vignettes that I can incorporate into my own prayer life. Verse 3 is one of them. It says, “Be my strong refuge to which I may resort  continually…” The literal meaning for ‘strong refuge’ is rock of refuge, or rock of habitation.

Do you shelter in our Rock when you are feeling overwhelmed? Years ago I bought an old mobile in a park with many old mobiles. One night I was woken up with a red strobing light on my ceiling. Instant fear hit me. 

I laid there saying, “Jesus, You are my Rock. I hide in You and I will not be shaken.” When my heart rate went back to normal I got up. I could hear voices, and loud engine noises. When I peered out my front window, the water heater exploded in a huge ball of fire on the side of my neighbor’s mobile kitty corner from me.