Lord, be gracious to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.
Isaiah 33:2 NIV
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I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:24-26 NIV
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Salvation is a word for the divine spaciousness
that comes to human beings in all the tight places where their lives are at risk,
regardless of how they got there or whether they know God’s name.
Sometimes it comes as an extended human hand
and sometimes a bolt from the blue,
but either way it opens a door in what looked for all the world like a wall.
This is the way of life, and God alone knows how it works.
Barbara Brown Taylor
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Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 12:2 NIV