Shut Me In!

"The Lord shut him in"
Genesis 7:16

This verse speaks of Noah and his family on the day the rain began to fall.  It sounds like a bad thing - like capture or imprisonment, but we know what was going on outside:  the destruction of every living thing on the earth, save those onboard the ark.  

These words are a comfort to me.  Anxiety, fear and myriad struggles are within my reach.  All I have to do is reach out my hand to them.  But I choose, instead, faith.  Protection and shelter and reassurance are in His Word.  He shuts me in, and protects me from what is going on outside.  

And I can see the rainbow from here!