Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Robert Howson
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
A few weeks ago, I visited Granite Falls, along the South Fork Stillaguamish River, just outside the town of Granite Falls, WA. As I was taking pictures of the river, the falls, and the surrounding area, it started to rain pretty heavily. I covered my camera and looked for any shelter nearby. I finally found a spot, literally under a small trickle of runoff, underneath a rock outcropping. I positioned myself, and had the view you see in the accompanying image.
For the most part, I was dry, until the rain subsided and I headed back to my car. While under this tiny “rock roof,” I remembered one of the many scriptures that reflect on God’s protection for us. In Psalms 91, we can rest assured of that promise:
(v. 1 & 2) Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
(v. 9 & 10) If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
In my particular situation, I wasn’t in any real danger. In fact, the only danger I was in was related to getting wet and making sure my camera stayed dry. Even so, the fact that I was able to find a small resting place, a shelter, was absolutely a God thing. That’s how He does it – before we can figure out, we need assistance, He has a solution. He knows we need protection before we know it. Thank you, God, for watching over us!