November 20, 2008
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A Psalm For A Suffering Soul
Here is a devo I received this morning and decided to share with you all…..
A Psalm For A Suffering Soul
“How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide
your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every
day have sorrow in my heart? (Psalm 13: 1-2 NIV)
In scripture, there are only a few brief glimpses into the very center
of a soul. It is a rare thing to be privileged to take such a journey
with another, for often the center of a soul is filled with suffering
and sorrow, and it is the innermost part of a person that is well
walled off from the outside world and often walled off from the
individual so completely that its very existence is often questioned.
But, there are moments when we are invited by another to that place
and hear from the heart the pain and plight of another. Jesus took us
to such a place one night in the garden called Gethsemane. He
privileged us by pouring out his soul in such a way that we might see
to the very center, and there we hear how he gave his very will to God
for the great adventure unfolding before him, an adventure that will
cost him in suffering and sorrow and torture and trial, and then,
finally, death and destruction.
The Psalmist invites us on this journey too as we are welcomed into
the depths of his prayer and petition before God. He speaks aloud the
very thing we dare not speak even in the darkest and deepest recesses
of our soul.
Prayer: Lord, I trust your steadfast love; my heart rejoices in your
salvation. Even in the suffering of my soul, Lord, you have been good
to me. Amen.
Comments (2)
Amen to that. The Lord is always good.
Even in the suffering of my soul…Yes, He is still good to me. Amen!
And yet…soon Lord? Soon?
Thanks for posting this.