Hedge of Protection

 

With school starting up we've been lifting up the girls in specific ways.  We've been praying for strength and endurance for H with her foot, listening ears and obedience for V and for M, courage and friendships.  We've prayed a hedge of protection over them as we've sent them off on their own out into the world.  We've especially prayed for a hedge of protection over M as she's transitioning from being homeschooled to attending 7th grade at the local middle school.
 
God answered our prayers quickly and literally.  

After the first day of school we were winding down the evening with H, V and I in the bedroom and Tommy and M in the living room.  He'd just asked her to walk the dog and she was stalling- thankfully.  Shortly after he asked her, there was a flash of color through the window and then a loud crash.  I don't know exactly how it happened, but the short of it is our neighbor backed up over the sidewalk breaking the handrail and crashing into the lower level (the building is build on a hill so both the first and second floors can walk in with groceries).   The hedge cushioned the blow and there doesn't appear to be any damage to the building and we've never been more thankful for M dragging her feet!
 
The window behind the hedge is our living room.  
God put a hedge there that buffered our apartment long before we needed it.  We walked by it without giving it much thought except that it's a little scraggly (and even more so now) and we wished it were filled in and shaped. We hadn't seen the purpose and potential, but God did.  We don't always see the danger coming and it can certainly come suddenly and unexpectedly without time for us to prepare for it, but God sees it and He is never unprepared.  

I don't think I'll ever pray for a hedge of protection again without the visual reminder that God so clearly gave us this week.  
Psalm 5:11-12
 
11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
    let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
    that those who love your name may exult in you.

12 For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
    you cover him with favor as with a shield.

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2024 at 12:15 PM

    Wow is that a visual reminder, or what?!!! So thankful and believe God answers often in miraculous ways.

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