I almost didn't ask because it seems selfish. Something very disappointing happened tonight that made me feel pretty bad. It's certainly not the end of the world, and that's why I almost didn't ask for a prayer from my frens, because there are so many more important things going on than my little problem. But then I realized that is just the enemy trying to get me to dismiss my situation as inconsequential. It may not be all important, but it is important to me. So if you wouldn't mind sparing me a prayer that God lifts my feelings of pain and distress and blankets me in His comfort, I would be very grateful. Thank you.
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Thank you. I know this, and it just makes me all the madder at myself for feeling so bad, when I know this to be true. Thank you very much, fren.
We all go through difficult days, weeks, months even years. I’ve been so low I couldn’t even muster the strength to grab onto a rope to get me out of deep depression. Christ didn’t give me up, and I didn’t let go of Him.
“Do not rejoice against me, O mine enemy; when I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.” Mic. 7:8
I'm sorry you've had to battle depression, it is so insidious. To know God, yet to be depressed, seems so contrary, so baffling. Yet He made sensitive souls and sensitive souls are so close to everything. I know He'd never give you up. And I'm glad you didn't let go of Him, either.
One of my favorite verses is rendered so beautifully in the Kenneth Wuest translation of the New Testament. Hebrews 13:5 "Let your manner of life be without love of money, being satisfied with your present circumstances. For He Himself has said, and the statement is on record, I will not, I will not cease to sustain and uphold you. I will no, I will not, I will not let you down. So that, being of good courage, we are saying, The Lord is my helper, I shall not fear. What shall man do to me?
I love the way He repeats Himself there.
And now despite everything you are going through, you are blessing and encouraging me. God uses His own in the midst of their tears and fears.
Yes, He does. And I'm glad you were blessed by it. If you don't have that translation, I highly recommend it. It's so rich. Wuest did it by using as many words as necessary in English, to convey the original Greek meaning. And whenever possible, he did it in word order. I really love that translation.