Sunday Psalm Loved Through Difficult Times

 When problems arise it's easy to forget that God cares about us.  We often feel alone and vulnerable in the situation we are in.  Daily life continues regardless of the heartache we are feeling and somehow, we must cope.  We feel like orphans with no one to care for us.  We forget about God’s promise to help us and assume He also has abandoned us.  However, God does not forget His beloved.  We just need to call on Him and He will answer us and steady us. 

 In difficult times, rather than running from God we need to draw closer to Him and let His unfailing love ease the pain we are feeling.  We live in a broken world where sin and sorrow have impacted everyone.  Perhaps we’ve wondered where God was when bad things happened to us.  Perhaps we did not seek God for help because we were unaware that He was right there.

 The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you.  Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down, and we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!  But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins.  He was beaten so we could be whole.  He was whipped so we could be healed. (Deuteronomy 33:27, Isaiah 53:4-5 NLT)

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, I don’t understand suffering, but I know that you do and that you offer me forgiveness, healing, and comfort because You love me.  Hold me close today.  Take my hand and steady me in your unfailing love.  Amen

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