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You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. – Psalm 32:7
When I am afraid, I will trust in You. – Psalm 56:3
This I know: God is for me. – Psalm 56:9b
OK…so I seem to write a fair amount about fear and being afraid.
As a child, I was unfortunately a bit of a Chicken Little…with “the sky is falling! The sky is falling” response to confusing, disquieting situations.
How Many Times Is Fear Not in the Bible? – Chris L.
My move to Connecticut to take a faculty position at Yale’s School of Nursing was a huge stretch for me. Arriving there in snowy January 19, 1983. I was new to a very different city and culture. I had loosened my Southern roots, and the Bible Belt that had cinched me in was dropped behind me somewhere between Georgia and Connecticut. I took refuge in songs like Michael Ledner’s “You Are My Hiding Place” . Published in 1981, it quickly became one of my go-to songs for comfort and assurance. Not just in hard moments alone, but definitely, pretty much in every hard moment.
Sitting down at the piano on those winter evenings, alone with God and the music, I would play and sing away the days of sharp learning curves and homesickness. Sometimes Broadway tunes, sometimes old rock standards, but often worship songs. In fact, I think I fell in love with my husband Dave, early in our relationship, playing that piano and singing side by side…in the 80s. “You Are My Hiding Place.”
These days, fear can so easily churn up from deep inside.
How anyone gets through all that’s going on in the world today, without Jesus…I just don’t know. So thankful for His Word, His presence, His comfort and redirection. #DoNotBeAfraid
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Worship with me, (words and music in the link). This is Selah‘s cover. [After you worship a bit, and this song leads us to worship, go back and read the comments on the YouTube video linked above…story after story of God’s kindness and provision in hard times.]
You are my hiding place
You always fill my heart
With songs of deliverance
Whenever I am afraid
I will trust in You
I will trust in You
Let the weak say
I am strong
In the strength of the Lord
You are my hiding place
You always fill my heart
With songs of deliverance
Whenever I am afraid
I will trust in You
I will trust in You
Let the weak say I am strong
In the strength of the Lord
I will trust in You*
*Lyrics to “You Are My Hiding Place” – Songwriter: Michael Ledner
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YouTube Video – El Shaddai Medley – You Are My Hiding Place – Jesus Image
YouTube Video – You Deserve the Glory – Jew & Arab Worship Together – just an extra – so beautiful.
Yes, yes… I am afraid. We have no other place to go, do we. Thank you for sharing.
No other place. Fortunately…we have that One Place. Praise His name.
My dear Iranian friend was not able to be at my husband’s funeral because of a church retreat of Iranian churches from a number of states. She sang You are My Hiding Place to us in English and Farsi as our family sorted through pictures to be scrolled across the screen at the funeral.
Wow! What a beautiful memory! Was this your first husband? I didn’t know. You have lived a lot of life, Friend. By God’s grace.