Under His shadow

“Under His shadow.” (Song of Sol. 2:3)

Frances Ridley Havergal says: I seem to see four pictures suggested by that:

Under the shadow of a rock in a weary plain;

under the shadow of a tree;

closer still, under the shadow of His wing;

nearest and closest, in the shadow of His hand.

Surely that hand must be the pierced hand, that may oftentimes press us sorely, and yet evermore encircling, upholding and shadowing!

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