Ezekiel 28:14   ¹⁴ With an anointed cherub as guardian I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the stones of fire.

We think of cherubs as those cute baby angels on Valentines and old paintings. They have tiny harps and bows and arrows. They look lovingly at the people in the pictures and play at the borders. Cherubs are sweet…not!

The cherubim (cherubs) are God’s warrior angels. They protected the throne of God on the Ark of the Covenant. They are the angels God has called to protect the faithful from attack. They help us deal with the blows we experience in life: as we walk through the fire of illness, danger, despair, temptation, and whatever else might attack us.

God gives us angels to guard our ways and protect our paths. Know that when we feel under attack, God is protecting us. God cares what happens to us and makes sure we are not alone. God gives us a way to fight back and come through the fires we encounter. We will survive.

Lord, thank you for loving us. Send your angels down around us today as protection against what might come our way. Amen.