As parents or people with children in our lives, we want what is best for them. We want to protect them and keep them safe. However, we need to do more than protect them ourselves. We need to teach our children where to take refuge!
God promises to be our Rock and our safe place. We need to remember to ask God for His protection and we need to teach our children that God is their refuge, too. Then, as our children get older and find themselves in different situations, they will know that they can turn to God on their own. God can be our refuge and a refuge for our children and those we care about!
Be safe and find refuge in God for yourself and others!
Prayer:
Dear God-
Thank You for keeping me safe and for being a place of refuge. Help me to teach the children in my life that You will provide that same refuge for them. In Jesus' name I pray, amen.