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amen kayak and amen all.
Grace to all!

Ps 36:1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4 He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.
5 Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
8 They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.
10 Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 There the workers of iniquity have fallen; They have been cast down and are not able to rise.
(NKJV)

Ro 3:9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one."
13 "Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit"; "The poison of asps is under their lips";
14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."
15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known."
18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
(NKJV)

"The eternal God is thy refuge."
- Deuteronomy 33:27

The word refuge may be translated "mansion," or "abiding- place," which
gives the thought that God is our abode, our home. There is a fulness and
sweetness in the metaphor, for dear to our hearts is our home, although it
be the humblest cottage, or the scantiest garret; and dearer far is our
blessed God, in whom we live, and move, and have our being. It is at home
that we feel safe: we shut the world out and dwell in quiet security. So
when we are with our God we "fear no evil." He is our shelter and retreat,
our abiding refuge. At home, we take our rest; it is there we find repose
after the fatigue and toil of the day. And so our hearts find rest in God,
when, wearied with life's conflict, we turn to him, and our soul dwells at
ease. At home, also, we let our hearts loose; we are not afraid of being
misunderstood, nor of our words being misconstrued. So when we are with
God we can commune freely with him, laying open all our hidden desires;
for if the "secret of the Lord is with them that fear him," the secrets of
them that fear him ought to be, and must be, with their Lord. Home, too,
is the place of our truest and purest happiness: and it is in God that our
hearts find their deepest delight. We have joy in him which far surpasses
all other joy. It is also for home that we work and labour. The thought of
it gives strength to bear the daily burden, and quickens the fingers to
perform the task; and in this sense we may also say that God is our home.
Love to him strengthens us.
We think of him in the person of his dear Son; and a glimpse of the
suffering face of the Redeemer constrains us to labour in his cause.
We feel that we must work, for we have brethren yet to be saved, and we
have our Father's heart to make glad by bringing home his wandering sons;
we would fill with holy mirth the sacred family among whom we dwell.
Happy are those who have thus the God of Jacob for their refuge!

C.H. SPURGEON

SOLI DEO GLORIA!