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Finding our safety and belonging in God

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The Bible, as the Word of God, speaks to us with timeless truth. Included in this week’s Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson, “Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?,” Psalm 91 offers this assurance: “I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence” (verses 2, 3). What a powerful idea, that we can find a safe home in God, free from enemies – from danger, disease, and even the noise of arguments and opinions.

I’ve been getting to know more about Paul the Apostle. Before becoming a follower of Christ, he was known as Saul, and he rounded up early followers of Jesus and put them in prison. Thank goodness for the voice of Truth, attributed to Christ Jesus, that spoke to Saul on the road to Damascus. Heeding Christ’s direction enabled Saul to stop his wrongdoing and, with a new name and mission, come home to God, divine Love.

Later, Paul was stoned for his own commitment to Christ, and left for dead by an angry crowd. There, in what could have felt like total injury and defeat, Paul, with the help of fellow Christians gathering around him, no doubt in prayer, was able to get up and keep working for God. Paul discovered firsthand that there is nothing that can separate us from God’s love, nothing that can interrupt our sense of home and belonging.



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