May 2, 2025

Depression over our situation causes us to linger within our heads. We contemplate every detail of our circumstances, rolling it over and over again, trying to find comfort only to come up empty. We repent, even if we don’t know of any sin we committed, to see if God will relent and give us a reprieve from our despair. Tears fill our eyes when we try to find an answer for our misery, especially when God seems quiet and the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) doesn’t tell us why we are disquieted. We look for the reason to no avail. We sleep, hoping it will be gone in the morning, but our bed seems full of thorns as we toss and turn, hoping to relax, if only for a moment. It will make you long for Jesus to take us out of our misery, to be in a place where the enemy can no longer taunt us, causing our grief. When will it be over? Only God has the answer. Our time is in His hands; we have no control over it. Affliction and pain are our lot, but it’s not forever. A day will come when the cloud will clear, and just like that, our spirit will be refreshed and renewed, and the sun will shine upon us again. Stay fervent in prayer, and seek God; He is our refuge in times of trouble. He wants us to rely on Him, especially when our heart is troubled. 

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. Job 7:13-15

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Psalms 91:8-10