A Hand That Turned My Steps

That night I read a psalm that says: “For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.” I prayed to God in simple words. Hours later, shelling struck the road I was going to take, but I had changed direction for no obvious reason. It was not chance; it was a hand turning my steps aside.

“For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”

Psalm 91:11

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