A Year With God, Day 47 of 366

Psalm 125:2

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,

so the Lord surrounds his people

both now and forevermore.

I grew up in a valley, surrounded by hills and mountains.  The hills shaded us from the summer's heat, and hid us from the public, so it was a quiet little community few people had heard of.

In more militant times, those hills would provide protection against invading armies as well, as well as providing beauty and the means to provide food and shelter for the families that lived there--with timber and hunting and mushroom picking, and fishing.

God wants to provide for us in much the same manner-- to protect us from harm, to provide for us, to shelter us from times of trouble.

It's a beautiful image.