God is my Refuge

Hi everyone! 

There is so much going on here. The business of classes and homework, the day to day tasks one must do, making new friends and worshiping God together in His creation, and so many more great things that I would love to share... but today I felt like sharing what has been on my heart instead :) 

I have had this excerpt from C.H Spurgeon saved on my desktop for months now and read it quite often. I am so glad I know where to run when I need a place of refuge! 

I hope it blesses you as it does me. 

"The eternal God is thy refuge."--Deuteronomy 33:27

The word refuge may be translated "mansion," or "abiding-place," which

gives the thought that God is our abode, our home. There is a fulness

and sweetness in the metaphor, for dear to our hearts is our home,

although it be the humblest cottage, or the scantiest garret; and

dearer far is our blessed God, in whom we live, and move, and have our

being. It is at home that we feel safe: we shut the world out and dwell

in quiet security. So when we are with our God we "fear no evil." He is

our shelter and retreat, our abiding refuge. At home, we take our rest;

it is there we find repose after the fatigue and toil of the day. And

so our hearts find rest in God, when, wearied with life's conflict, we

turn to Him, and our soul dwells at ease. At home, also, we let our

hearts loose; we are not afraid of being misunderstood, nor of our

words being misconstrued. So when we are with God we can commune freely

with Him, laying open all our hidden desires; for if the "secret of the

Lord is with them that fear Him," the secrets of them that fear Him

ought to be, and must be, with their Lord. Home, too, is the place of

our truest and purest happiness: and it is in God that our hearts find

their deepest delight. We have joy in Him which far surpasses all other

joy. It is also for home that we work and labour. The thought of it

gives strength to bear the daily burden, and quickens the fingers to

perform the task; and in this sense we may also say that God is our

home. Love to Him strengthens us. We think of Him in the person of His

dear Son; and a glimpse of the suffering face of the Redeemer

constrains us to labour in His cause. We feel that we must work, for we

have brethren yet to be saved, and we have our Father's heart to make

glad by bringing home His wandering sons; we would fill with holy mirth

the sacred family among whom we dwell. Happy are those who have thus

the God of Jacob for their refuge!

-Charles Haddon Spurgeon 

I am happy. How about you?