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Key Bible Verse: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them (Psalm 34:7).
Bonus Reading: Ps. 34:1-10

Have you heard the story of how boys were initiated into manhood and admitted to the circle of braves in one of the American Indian tribes?

The small boy was taken from his family and led out into the forest. Then he was told that he must spend the entire night there alone—and left to his own devices.

You can imagine what an ordeal this would be. To untrained senses and an unleashed imagination, every sound would seem to foretell an attack by some fearsome night predator, and every shadow would conjure up a huge monster.

But, as day broke and the sun rose over the mountains, the boy's first sight would be his father.

All night long, in the silence and just out of the boy's vision, his father had stood, bow and arrow ready, watching over and protecting his son.

With incredible delight, the boy would run to his father, shouting, "Father, you were there all along!"

Father, You have been there all along for me too.

—Steve Brown in Jumping Hurdles

Adapted from: Jumping Hurdles (Baker, 1992).

Prayer for the Week

Lord, You see me, guide me, hold me close. Nowhere can I be lost from You. I am safe everywhere because You are near.

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