“She was scared at first,” I told my husband.
I walked towards the lounge chair he had saved for me, while my six-year-old ran off to find her sisters. My middle child and I had just rode a lazy river ride together while the rest of the family went on to another wading pool with mini water slides.
“What in the world did she have to be afraid of?” he asked in exasperation.
I thought about how the water rushed rapidly as we had approached it, walking down the narrow aisle with rails on each side, a stack of people behind us, making it difficult to turn around even if you wanted to.
She had spoke softly, “I’m scared,” while gnawing nervously on a chunk of her wet, blond hair.
I had explained to her that I was there, and that I wouldn’t let anything bad happen to her. I relayed this to my husband as we sat poolside afterwards.
“I’ll be holding you the whole time,” I had encouraged her.
My husband shook his head incredulously as I retold the conversation with our middle daughter.
“I don’t think they understand the lengths we would go to to protect them,” my husband mused.
I replied, “Now we know how God must feel.”
God tells us over and over in His Word, the Bible, that He will protect us.
“Be still.”
“Fear not.”
“I will never leave you.”
“I uphold you.”
“Don’t be anxious about your life.”
“Cast your anxieties on me.”
“Behold, I am with you.”
“I will strengthen you, I will help you.”
“The Lord is near to the broken-hearted.”
“The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
“In this world, you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world.”
“The hairs of your head are numbered.”