Weekly Meditation Verse: Psalm 120 \u201cIn my distress, I call on the Lord (and He answered me).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the years I have had to endure various medical procedures, some of which have really hurt! (I have a reputation in the family for being a bad patient). This week I visited the dentist once again as we sort out the problems caused by a lack of appointments over the past 3 years; I knew I was having a tooth extracted and I wasn\u2019t looking forward to it! On the 20-minute drive to the dentist I most certainly was distressed and did indeed call out to the Lord. The tooth popped out easily, no drama and I left the practice half an hour later, slightly wobbly but with a spring in my step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I watch refugees pour out of another war-torn country this week, it puts my petty distress into context; surely, we should cry out to the Lord on behalf of anyone we see in real distress, knowing He is our refuge and strength?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psalm 9:9-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c9 <\/sup><\/strong>The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, Weekly Meditation Verse: Psalm 120 \u201cIn my distress, I call on the Lord (and He answered me).\u201d Over the years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":771,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
a refuge in times of trouble.
10 <\/sup><\/strong>Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"