Daily Reflections From Higher Things®

Today's Reading: Introit for Trinity 6 (Psalm 28:1-2, 7; antiphon: v. 8-9) Daily Lectionary: 1 Samuel 1:21-2:17; Galatians 6:1-18 The LORD is my strength and my shield. (From the Introit for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The Lord is everything. He is the strength of His people. He is our strength. He is our shield. The Lord is the source of our life and our defense against all that would harm us. David prays these things through Psalm 28 after having come close to death himself. It was not a rare thing for him to be near death! People were trying to kill David for much of his life. He knew that to be near death was to rely on nothing but the Lord's grace and mercy. There are times when we feel like we can't keep going. It is precisely in these times that we stop and pray that the Lord would listen. He has promised to hear the prayers of His people. We see the Lord's strength in our weakness. The ability to be brought low is a great skill which we learn throughout our lives (