Lord, you are my secret hiding place, protecting me from these troubles, surrounding me with songs of gladness! Your joyous shouts of rescue release my breakthrough. Pause in his presence. Psalm 32:7 TPT
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Finding a Secret Hiding Place
On the day I got the call that my first husband, Bill, had moved to Heaven I wanted to crawl in a hole. I wanted to hide. I was in another state when I got the call and I had to move quickly to make the last flight home to be with our kids. I found a secret hiding place in plain sight in the waiting room of a small airport and the last window seat on a small jet.
Discovering Protection from Troubles
When the unthinkable happens, you feel vulnerable and unprotected. The temptation is the surround yourself with your own defenses. Instead, press in deeper to the secret place in the Lord.
Singing with Joy
Joy comes as you sing. Don’t wait until you are joyful to sing. Instead, start singing and the joy will come.
Shouting joyfully before the Breakthrough
You are a fanatic when you cheer as if your team won before they actually have. Still, that is what your Heavenly Father has promised for you. You are winning in the midst of the darkest places of your life. There is always hope – the expectation of the breakthrough you have been expecting .
Pausing in His presence
All of this can only happen as you pause in His presence. Recount the many promises that He is ALWAYS with you. He has not abandoned you. In fact, He is working the night shift and from the inside out to bring you (and those you love) to the other side of your dark place with a greater testimony than you ever thought possible.
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Author, speaker, corporate trainer, ordained minister and Hope Catalyst, Karen Sebastian enjoys sharing her rich life experiences with others – engaging them in adventurous discoveries of the beauty of hope in a dark, cloudy world. Her books will inspire you to embrace hope no matter what you are going through.
