Originally published Friday, 17 November 2017.
My biggest fear came true, the exact one I couldn't stop mulling over as I lay on my shaking, rattling bed. My 6-year-old was on the top bunk of an Amtrak train bed.
Would it hold him? Would he roll over?
At home, my son was protected. He knew his surroundings. He had comfort. His fall wasn't 6 feet down. But here, in this new situation? In a bed half his size? One really couldn't tell what might happen...
I got word in the morning. Husband told me he fell off the bed. My heart stopped. My eyes stared. I looked the kid up and down for train wounds. Nothing.
Husband explained, the safety straps next the the bed (the ones I completely took for granted), caught him. They wrapped him as he fell, like a cocoon, keeping him in a deep well of safety. So dear son was just chilling there, swinging and safe. Unaware of how protected he was...how he'd just been saved. He wasn't even aware it happened. Dad pulled him back onto his bed without waking him.
How often does our Dad "save" us without us realizing? Pull us onto our bed of safety without us noticing? Wrap us in a cocoon of protection so harm can't touch us?
Many of us, myself included, never give thought to the family wars, the bitter arguments, the looming bills, the accidents, the woops moments, the injuries he saves us from.
We see the things that hit us, and blame God, but we never consider how he saves us, and thank God.
He's probably protected you a bazillion times, because God is mighty to save.
"He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber." (Ps. 121:3)
"The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves." (Zeph. 3:17)
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." (Is. 41:10)
"The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." (Deut. 31:8)
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