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Sheltering Trees
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Aug 19, 2026 updated
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NewSong's "Sheltering Tree" is a warm, encouraging song about the importance of friendship in the Christian life. It compares a true friend to a mighty tree that offers shelter and refuge during life's storms. The lyrics emphasize how friends support each other through difficult times, pray for one another, and help each other stay strong. The song also suggests that with a friend by your side, even the highest mountains and darkest valleys become more manageable. It celebrates the gift of godly friendship and the role it plays in lifting us up before God.
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It's been said a friend is like a mighty sheltering tree
A place of refuge we can run when trouble comes for you and me
Someone we can count on through the thick and thin
When the storms of life are blowing, there's
Just nothing like a friend
(there's just nothing like a friend)
[Chorus:]
We all need sheltering trees
Friends in our lives who'll get down on their knees
And lift us up before the king of kings
We all need sheltering trees
There've been days that I was sure that I couldn't make it through
Clouds of doubt came rolling in and I didn't know what I would do
I would've given in and said I just can't go on
If it hadn't been for a friend that helped me to be strong
(helped me to be strong)
[Chorus]
You can face the highest mountain and
The climb won't feel so high
Or cross the darkest valley and it won't seem so wide
Nothing is impossible when a friend is by your side
[Chorus 2x]