For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalm 91:11
Like many people that I know and love, I have faced some difficult - dare I say “crushing” - times. Yet, in Christ’s love, here I am.
I’d like to share a particular time, when dealing with the economic collapse of my production company in 2010. It felt like a circus act of spinning plates gone all wrong – plates were flying in all directions(!) Yet, somehow, I managed to catch each one and set it to spinning anew. Over a six-month period, I closed the company and was able to start two new companies, retaining clients and keeping everyone gainfully employed.
I know full well that I did not do this alone. In fact, I know that God and His angels were holding me up. The feeling of being physically buoyed, directed and protected was palpable. As a former dancer, I tend to react kinetically to experiences, and this was a most profoundly real sensation. The expression of this sensation comes in the verse above: "For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."
Last year I had to opportunity to sing a beautiful oratorio, called Mendelssohn’s Elijah. This piece contains an especially beautiful movement (7 Part I) "For He shall give His angels." As we continue in these times of great difficulty and stress I pray the words of the 91st Psalm and find calm and peace in singing this movement of Mendelssohn’s Elijah. The final line says it all: “they shall protect thee.”
In this time of suffering for so many, I turn to the Lord and know, “He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.”
Many Blessings and Safekeeping,
Beth
