God is our refuge

The Bible says God is our refuge, but what does that mean? I found a short article that explains how multifaceted that concept is. You can read it here. It was impressed upon me months ago how God is to be my refuge. I was taking so many of my thoughts and feelings to other places, but what I really needed was to pour them out to Him. Corrected, I am a much stronger Christian and a more stable human being. I have a long way to go, but I feel much stronger taking all my cares to Him instead of trying to find my own solutions. I stopped being my own refuge and much of my stress evaporated. Sure, I don't know how He's going to solve things, but I trust His ways are better than mine. 

Thank you for reading. And God bless.

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