Safe arrivals

Rick, Margaret and the kids arrived today, almost as scheduled. Their flight from London was delayed about 1h20m, but otherwise their travels seem to have been uneventful...that is, there have been no adverse events. It could have been otherwise. They arrived in London a week ago, after the bombings of July 7. Then, they spent a few days in Paris before returning to London yesterday to catch the flight out of Gatwick this morning. In the meantime, another series of (attempted) bombings hit the London transit system.

When is it safe to travel? Where is one able to travel safely? Stories from the book of Daniel teach us that a fiery furnace or a lions' den can be the safest place of all, if one is determined to follow God faithfully. Safety is not dependent on physical location, but on a spiritual relationship. May God keep all our loved ones safe from spiritual and physical danger. His hand does intervene in our lives, and that is our only unfailing source of assurance that we are safe. Or, to use a different form of the word, that we are saved. Implicit in God's guarantee to us is that we will be granted a safe arrival at our eternal destination, no matter what the enemy attempts to do to us along the way.