Escaped

"They had swallowed us up alive ... the torrent had drowned us ... the waters had overwhelmed our soul," Psalm 124:2, 3, 4, 5.

That's what we would say. If Jehovah God had not. If the Lord had not delivered. That's what we would say - was there was anything left to say with? If God had not helped. Nothing else to say: drowned in the raging flood. If God had not been our stay. But God was. God did. So, instead, we say: Bless you, Jehovah! You delivered us! You did not leave us a prey for their teeth! We flew off like birds out a cage! We escaped. Because you. You, O God. Because you assisted, you delivered, you redeemed. You, Creator of sky and earth! You, O Helper of the helpless! O Hope of the hopeless!

We join a brother or sister today and we remember God's love that overwhelms our soul. We remember God who raises us securely to life. And, together, we commune with thanksgiving.