Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

When I was about 5 or 6 years old my family took a vacation to Middle Bass Island out in Lake Erie. We boarded a ferry boat with our car and many other families all making our way for a week’s vacation on the island. A storm suddenly arose on Lake Erie and the boat began to be rocked rather violently by the waves and the wind. I and my 4 siblings all began to be ill and poor mom and dad only had so many arms to hold us as we gave in to the motion sickness.

I found myself in the arms of a complete stranger, who laid my head upon her lap and stroked my hair with one hand as she held me tight with her other arm. I remember feeling safe and secure; in a place of refuge, covered by the wings of some angel.

That’s how God wants to be with us. He wants to take us in the storms of life and cover us with His wings, being a shield and a rampart. We have a tendency to wrestle away from that refuge and try to fight our way through the storm. But the faithfulness of God will comfort us through the storm if we will but rest in the covering of His wings.