There is a lot to think about just in your comment, Jean. Our need to belong can definitely influence our behaviors, both risky and otherwise. It’s amazing how many things can hold sway over how we perceive our “safety.”

You make a good point, Dianne: we may feel more physically safe, but less emotionally safe, depending on where we are. Either way, I want to trust God’s definition of safety more than my own! Thanks for making this distinction. Hope you’re having a blessed Mother’s Day.

You speak truth, Tiffany. It’s more important to our safety that God is in control versus that we are in control. He’s the one with the power. I want to him on my side too!

You hit a nerve, Laura. My biggest fears are more for my kids than for myself. But you also provide the solution: committing them to the One who loves them even more than we do, and who can actually DO something about it all. 🙂 Blessings to you!

I love that verse, too, Sarah. There are often times that I also feel in danger, but thankfully our feelings don’t necessarily reflect reality.

Thanks, Edith. This is definitely an imperfect world with our fragile bodies, but grateful that those things aren’t the most important. We are safe and loved, amen!

Oh, that is good, Debbie. So true that the only safe place is with Christ, wherever that happens to be! Now to move that knowledge from my head to my heart again and again.