The Lord Is My Rock In Whom I Take Refuge

Located near the town of Sedona are the ruins of several ancient Indian communal dwellings made of red rock and adobe.

The dwellings are small, built side-by-side on ledges in the canyon walls.

The Indians who inhabited them are known as cliff dwellers.

Access to these dwellings is very difficult, which provided protection for the cliff dwellers from predatory nomadic tribes.

Cliff dwellers were farmers who planted crops in the river valleys below their homes.

They were experts at irrigating their fields — they had to be for their crops to survive the desert climate.

Just like the red rock was a place of safety and a home for the ancient cliff dwellers, so the Lord our God is to us.

"The Lord is my Rock,

my Fortress

and my Deliverer;

my God is my Rock,

in whom I take refuge,

my Shield

and the Horn of my Salvation,

my Stronghold."

Psalm 18:2 (NIV)