why did he jump off the bridge?

Staying in the secret place
is not a bad thing....if

it is the secret place
of the most High ....
under the shadow of the Almighty.

 

There seems to be a natural
tendency to privacy....

..but secrecy and shame
are sometimes (NOT ALWAYS) connected.

 

"they were both naked,
the man and his wife,
and were not ashamed"

Genesis 2:25

 

So, what have I got to hide?
I have often wonderered about this.

 

Last week a young man jumped off a bridge in
New York and killed himself. It seems as if
he was ashamed....so ashamed he could not bear
to continue living.

 

What is it that is so painful about exposure?

we feel defenseless....vulnerable.

 

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?

 

Hiding from an enemy is the wise thing in war.

 

THE PRAYER

Lord, help me today not to hide from you but rather to hide in you. AMEN
and as for the people...you only know the ones from whom we must be hid..
you only can defend us....

 

Psalm 94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,

and condemn the innocent blood.

22But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.