The Lord is my sanctuary–a place of safe retreat. He is my refuge from
my own self. I can retreat from others into myself, but I can never hide from
myself–from
my own failures, my sins, my weaknesses, and my own limitations. I find that
within myself there is no relief. But in the early morning hours I discover that
He is my sanctuary. He hides me under His wings until I forget my limitations,
and my failures....until my own sins are washed away and remembered no more. He
hides me until relief from my own sense of failure and shortcomings begins to
fill my spirit. He hides me from myself until the relief of His grace brings
great joy. In that moment of joy, praise comes, and His strength to conquer
inhabits all of me. And then I am free of me.
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