Confessions Of A Trembling Heart

'Gboah!'. I heard it in my sleep, followed by a shriek of terror. My memory cells recognized it immediately. I jumped up. But before I could leap out of bed, my roommate beckoned me to calm down. 'Shhhh', she motioned with her index finger on her lips. 'Stay where you are', she whispered. I dissolved into some transient peace and I knew this was when all my confessions mattered the most. I had found some scriptures on safety since the last incident and had confessed them most nights. I even confessed one before I slept that night. 'In peace, I will both lie down and sleep because You alone make me dwell in safety'. Did I really believe it? Now I had began muttering other confessions. No evil shall come near my dwelling place A thousand shall fall by my right hand, ten thousand by my left, but it shall not come near me The Lord delivers me from six calamities and from seven no harm will touch me I will know that my home is