I have sat in the darkest nights and I know I am not alone. I have been through many sleepless nights, I know I am not alone. In the days of agony and despair…even if I felt alone, I know I was never alone. In the days of confusion, the days of solitude and absence –yes in those trying days, I know I have never been or will never be alone.
There are many of us, that have those moments when we think no one sees or we go through those contemplative conversations with God. There are those days where even “church” just doesn’t seem to help. That friend can’t help with the venting again. There seems to be little comfort with any outstretched hand. We read. We pray. Then we just pause.
So he wrote these words for us to be reminded, we only pause and pick right back up. Everyone has those moments where that pause feels like a lifetime of aching. It feels like an eternity. That pause is painful.
Selah.
“But as for me afflicted and in pain—May Your salvation, God protect me.
I will praise God’s name in song and glorify Him with thanksgiving.
This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.
The poor will see and be glad—You who seek God, may your hearts live!”
Psalm 69:29-32 [New International Version] Continue reading
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