Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord ! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. O Israel, hope in the Lord ! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (Psalms 130:1-8 ESV)
Have you ever cried out of the depths of despair to the Lord?
If we are honest with ourselves we will all say that we have been so low in life because things have not gone as we have planned. We have been let down by life, family, friends, circumstances are not right and we are lost in a dark deep hole.
And out of the depths we can cry. I have been seeking where God is leading me to be in His body and it has been elusive to say the least. Maybe I missed it, or maybe someone else missed it. It would be very easy for me to fall into deep despair, and crawl into a fetal position and cry out of the despair.
It is real easy for us to look at the situation we are in and see all the pain and hurt, the things that would draw us away for God. It is hard in the dark to see the light.
However I know what the psalmist tells us, that the Lord hears our cries. The Lord hears us when we cry out of the depths. Even when it seems we are all alone in our despair, He is always with us. He has placed people and events in our lives to help us focus on Him even when we want to focus on us.
So cry out of the depths to the Lord, and wait for Him. For He is good, and His mercy will endure forever!
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