Quotes About Protection

The promise of the psalm—and both Hebrews and Christians have always read it this way—is not that we shall never stub our toes but that no injury, no illness, no accident, no distress will have evil power over us, that is, will be able to separate us from God's purposes in us.

The emphasis of Psalm 125 is not on the precariousness of the Christian life but on its solidity. Living as a Christian is not walking a tightrope without a safety net high above a breathless crowd, many of whom would like nothing better than the morbid thrill of seeing you fall; it is sitting secure in a fortress.

The premise of the psalm for all work is that God works: "If GOD doesn't build the house . . . If GOD doesn't guard the city . . ." The condition if presupposes that God does work: he builds; he guards.

The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards -- and even then I have my doubts.

Kierkegaard famously wrote "my sorrow is my castle." Unfortunately not all of us have as much space.

A newborn's immune system is underdeveloped, which is convenient because it allows for colonization by Mom's bacteria, but it's also why young children are prone to infection.

If vaccination can be conscripted into acts of war, it can still be instrumental in works of love.

This is why the chances of contracting measles can be higher for a vaccinated person living in a largely unvaccinated community than they are for an unvaccinated person living in a largely vaccinated community.

I wake up afraid that she will be taken and folded up in a closet like clean linen.

I'm afraid something will happen to my hands," he says, "I need my hands.

What do you mean to do with Maia when you do find her?" the professor asked that night. "Take her back to the Keminskys and never let her out of my sight again," said Miss Minton. "She may not find it easy." "Why on earth not? The Keminskys are the kindest people in the world." "Yes. But she has tasted freedom.

Now, tell me everything, please. Of course if he has harmed you I shall kill him, whoever he is," he added matter-of-factly. "But otherwise, perhaps something can be done.

Let those who want to, arrive Let those who want to, leave Let those who want to, stay With out harm to me or mine

Recognize the vampires in your life and slay them. Your happiness counts on it.

Before she could protest, Baird swung her up into his arms and rose in one smooth motion, as though she didn't weigh a thing. "Hey, I can walk you know!" She wanted to struggle in his arms but the ground was suddenly a long way down and she had no desire to fall on her ass on the tarmac. "No you can't. You're injured.

It's all right, Lilenta," Baird whispered soothingly in her ear. "All right now. Nothing's gonna hurt you. I've got you." Liv

Thank you," she whispered, laying her head on his shoulder. "And thank you for coming for me, Sylvan." "I will always come for you, Talana," he said hoarsely. "No matter what happens or who stands in the way. You're mine." "Sylvan…

Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks.

To claim qualified immunity under the Reforming Qualified Immunity Act, a government employee such as a police officer would have to prove that there was a statute or court case in the relevant jurisdiction showing his or her conduct was authorized: a meaningful change that will help law enforcement and the citizens they protect.

CIA will continue to pursue every lead; analyze the information we collect with critical, objective eyes; and brief reliable intelligence to protect U.S. forces deployed around the world.

If it is a relief to take your clothes off at night, be sure that something is wrong. Clothes should not be a burden. They should be a comfort and a protection.

What I feel is that we need an independent consumer watchdog. You have regular people who have problems with big financial companies. How do they get relief? And you need somebody who's gonna stand on their side and level the playing field for them.

We are a people of many different religions and many different faiths. The only way forward in a pluralistic society of diverse faiths such as ours is to have laws that protect and respect the freedom of all, equally.

At first, laws evolved out of religious doctrines. It followed that they were recognized only when advantageous to those who practiced the same religion and who appeared equals under the protection of the same gods. For the members of all other cults, there was neither law nor mercy.