Peace symbol - Sabbath

After a week like this past the seventh day Sabbath rest- God's symbol of peace - is such a blessing. The right to lay aside the daily cares and experience peace in God is awesome.
For anyone who is reading this I would encourage you to experiment with God's peace.

I have been 'unpacking' Psalm 18 recently. It is amazing to me how intense the 'hebrew' meanings are. I guess the 'English' 'KJV seems 'tame' in comparison. The Creator God is a passionate God. He is longing to so connect with me that His love can flood through me to others. I haven't 'finished' that chapter but here are the first few verses as I now understand them.

1. (For the music director) This minstrelsy type poem/song was written by David, a devoted worshipper of the Creator God. He arranged this Psalm specifically to praise and glorify The Creator God who snatched him from the power of every one of his enemies and particularly from Saul, (the first king of Israel).
My Creator, I have deep and tender feelings toward You and am holding tightly to You. 2. You are my fortress, lying alongside me and enabling me to escape; You are my Strength, my Refuge where I flee for protection; My Defense and the Power that sets me free and keeps me safe. 3. I will address by name the Self-Existent One to shine and make a show, which is how I will be set free from those who are hostile toward me.
4 - 5 Vows to kill me came from everywhere; torrents of threats from unprofitable people terrified me. Tight demands swirled around me and traps to kill me caused me to be extremely cautious.
6. From this cramped, tight condition I addressed the Creator God, the Supreme God, by Name, to set me free. He carefully and intelligently listened when I intensely appealed to Him.
7-10 Then the earth itself violently shook in waves; the hills quivered intensely as God responded in His power. His emotions were exhibited like smoke from His nostrils and fire blowing from His mouth kindling coals of fire. He bent the heavens out of His way and descended. Before He arrived there was gloom. He dispatched a heavenly being as cover, He approached like light rays at the speed of thought. When His life-light is not flowing out, He is in 'darkness', being enveloped as in a vapor which cannot be penetrated.

Bringer of Peace