My Fortress, My Stronghold, My Deliverer

My Lord is ...

In the Bible the Lord is referred to as a tower, fortress and stronghold more than once. This is a metaphor i.e a way to describe something using an image that helps you understand the meaning

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So what does it mean that God is these things?

Imagine an old fashioned castle, with towers and turrets and huge thick walls. They were the place that people ran to for safety, the place they sheltered from an approaching army. It felt like they could never be destroyed.

So this is how someone is trying to describe God.

If the Lord is my Stronghold He can keep me safe from all the arrows and swords of the world.

Maybe, the mean words that people throw at us.

Or the stress and strain of the strange times we are living in.

Perhaps, an event coming up that worries you.

The Lord is there to give you shelter and rest when you need it. You just need to ask to be let in.

Build it up

Maybe to help you imagine what this means you could build your own fortress. We have made some at church before, with chairs and sheets or with wooden bricks.

Word Search

Fortress

Tower

Bastion

Protection

Citadel

Stronghold

Tower

Castle

Defense

Security

Keep

Fortification

Barricade

Shelter

Shield

Guard

These are all words that could be used to replace or describe a fortress.

They can be fold vertically, horizontally, diagonally, forward and backwards.

Our Lord is an indestructible fortress that is always there for us.

Unlike the old castles of the past He will never crumble and fall.

"My Jesus, My Saviour

Lord there is none like you

My Comfort, My Shelter

Tower of Refuge and Strength."

Darlene Zschech

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