Safe Heaven House Of Prayer

 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 17:8 It's comforting to think of God seeing us that way as the apple of his eye, a reflection of himself. We bear his image; we are his sons and daughters. So he looks on us with pride and holds us up for the angels to see.  "Look, this my child, the apple of my eye." It's no wonder he guards us, not just as his children but as the pupil of his own eye. We have many reflexes that serve to protect our eyes. They are sensitive and precious, and we guard them carefully. Our eyes are important because we use them to see what we love. And so does he. Under His Wings Under His Wings I am safely abiding,  Though the night deepens and tempests are wild;  Still I can trust him, I know he will keep me, He has redeemed me and I am still His child. Under His Wings, What a refuge in sorrow! How the heart yearning turns to His rest! Often when earth has no balm for my healing, There I find comfort and ther

 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works, that I know very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed. Psalm 139:14-16 The scope of Psalm 139 is as broad as the horizon and as personal as a newborn baby. Take some time to read the whole psalm, and discover a God who knows and cares for you. I once went on a five-day retreat to a small hermitage run by a couple who would oversee my time of prayer and reflection. I moved into the trailer nestled deep in the woods on their property. I was excited and a little scared to have five days to myself, by myself. I had brought many books to read, and I had some ideas for projects that I might work on. The first night there, Ron came to talk to me about my plans for the retreat. I told him about wha