“For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.”
Psalms 6:3
My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD—how long? Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love
Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
Psalms 31:9-10
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
Psalms 38:8
I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
Proverbs 18:14
A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
Psalms 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God
Psalms 116:4
Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”
Isaiah 38:17
Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
“A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?” It is true. Pain caused by sickness or accident we can get on the other side most of the time. But it is that crushed spirit, broken heart, and deep heart hurt that seems unbearable and more than we can handle. Some of this comes from consequences of our actions or others but none of it is hid from God. He knows our heart and all the times we are in deep pain, despair. No one will say take me to the place of deep hurt and despair. Yet we all seem to find ourselves there at different times of our lives. I wish I could say there was a magic prayer or something we could do to keep this from happening but it will surely find us at some point. You can read it in scripture from David and how he communicated in word the anguish in his heart. I do know that God is near us through times of blessing and despair. He hears our prayers. He is our strength in times of trouble. And when we seem unable to carry on He picks us up and holds us in His loving arms. Do not turn away from God in these times – RUN TO HIM – His arms are wide open just for you.
