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How can I stay safe?

Whether you find yourself in a dangerous situation or it seems like your own choices landed you there, God is still with you and protecting you—as this college student found when a stranger tried to assault her.
The student was disciplined, but I felt I needed to regain a sense of safety and peace. 
I kept affirming that God was in charge of our lives, and I saw this as an opportunity to pray for the safety of everyone in the city.

Finding God again

First I started to panic. Then I started to pray. It came in the form of pleading: “God, if You’re real, get me out of here!”
God has bestowed upon every one of us gifts such as intelligence and kindness. These must be put to use and not hidden away.

God said . . .

Where can we focus our thought and time? 

Daybreak

The dawn is now unfolding
          Revealing Truth that saves.
Overcoming night-born fear
         Advancing...
Fighting was the norm between her and her sister, and this author didn’t like it. Then a dicussion about Christian Science brought to light a new perspective that changed everything.
I felt the urge to turn to God, which was something I hadn’t done since I’d started the semester.

Prayer for the outcast

Christ decisively destroys whatever is unlike God—including distressing actions and reactions.

In God we trust

a coppery coin
winks at me 
from the sidewalk,
(hardly worth a second look)
 
yet as I...

A victory over anxiety

I became so clear that our son had a divine right to go to school freely and do all the work required of him and that nothing could interfere with that.