April 23

Keeping Alex Safe

… He looks throughout the whole earth, under all the heavens. He made the winds blow and determined how much rain should fall.

Job 28:24-25 (NLT)

You chart the path ahead of me … every moment you know where I am.

Psalm 139:3 (NLT)

My son is afraid of the wind. He expresses this fear at home, at school and when we travel. It developed this last year—how, we’re not quite sure. Alex cowers whenever the wind picks up. Last night, he slept on the couch—fearful of the wind rattling his bedroom window. We’ve tried all kinds of things, like talking about God and His love for Alex. And His protection. We’ve tried rationalizing, “the wind has never hurt us before,” and on and on.

Last night my wife and I prayed for wisdom. We so want to help Alex overcome this fear. And then we got an idea: Scripture memory. God’s word is such a comfort! Certainly, there must be something in the Bible he can latch onto ... something that will encourage him and help him move on. So we looked and found some verses—some good verses.

Together we will memorize Job 28:25, “He made the winds blow….”, and Psalm 139:3, “…every moment You know where I am”, and Psalm 4:8, “I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.”

Lord, indeed, keep our child safe and take away all his fears. Amen.