Day Sixteen: Strong Tower

You are my strong tower
Shelter over me
Beautiful and mighty
Everlasting King
You are my strong tower
Fortress when I'm weak
Your name is true and holy
And Your face is all I seek
-Strong Tower, Kutless

I, like so many, was deeply saddened, heart broken, and grieved to hear of the shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School this past Friday. The fact that 20 sets of parents will be without their 6 or 7 year old child this Christmas brings me to tears. It's easy and I think even human nature to look at this horrific tragedy and feel like God has turned His back or that He has looked away when in fact it is the complete opposite. This morning at church as we mourned with and prayed for these families affected, the pastor spoke about the Mighty God talked about in Isaiah 9:6. The Bible is filled with so many instances where Mighty God: Yahweh was right in the middle of situations that seemed hopeless, situations that could not be overcome without the strength of God. The residents of Newtown need that strength; as they grieve deal with deep pain they need the strength of our Strong Tower to get them through each hour of each day. God is in the middle of Newtown, CT and today as I remember God as my Strong Tower, I pray that He would be that to those who mourn the lost of loved ones.


"The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and is safe." - Proverbs 18:10

Dear Jesus,
Lord my heart is broken for those of Newtown, CT. I can't fathom the pain that so many are feeling and I feel sick thinking about the loss that they are experiencing. I pray that You would be their Strong Tower in the midst of this nigthmare. I ask that they would run to You and find refuge in Your arms. Be so near to them I pray. Amen.