“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall
abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1
There are moments
in time, like when I sit on my back porch in the early morning or late evening
and watch the colors change with the sun or when I am out running and see a
bright, full moon surrounded by red and orange clouds, that I really appreciate
the beauty and safety of the island I have lived on for so long. During those
moments, I have a hard time seeing myself living anywhere else. I’ve had more and more of those moments
lately, moments of peace, moments of clarity, where I can almost see God’s plan
for our lives perfectly.
The verse above
speaks about living in the shelter of God’s shadow and during these moments of
clarity, I find myself feeling like I am living in the shelter of God’s shadow
over this island. It’s not a perfect
place, not a Garden of Eden, or anything like that, but there is a certain
amount of security living here that I believe attracts people to come here,
stay, leave, and keep coming back.
Life,
surprisingly, moves quickly here because there are no seasons to mark the time
by (as evidenced by my being here almost 17 years now even though it seems like
a short decade or less), but the time we have is more about quality than
quantity. There’s plenty of time to try everything or to do nothing because
there’s no traffic to get caught up in, no malls to waste time shopping at, and
no pressures to work two or three jobs in order to pay the mounting bills for
every little luxury of life. It’s island time, magically slow and delicious. J
Because of all
this, I sometimes feel I AM living in the secret place of the Most High, in His
shadow on this sheltered island, far from the storms of life. I’m not sure why
God blessed me and my family with this particular place and time in our lives,
but I am most grateful for it. Even as I
write this, I sense that it will not be a place of shelter for us forever, that
one moment in time could change all of that, but for now, I am thankful for
this moment, remembering that the island itself is not what is sheltering us,
but God Himself and wherever he places us will be in His protective shadow as
long as we continue to seek and dwell in His love and keep our faith in His
divine providence for our lives.
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