Over the last couple years, I’ve spent much of my Bible reading immersed in the Psalms. It is there that I have encountered honesty, struggles, and hope. In my darkest moments, I’ve been reminded that I’m not alone. The Psalms have been a great source of comfort to my heart.
Because of this, I hope to write a series over the next few months titled "Comfort from the Psalms". Not because I have a lot of great wisdom or insight into these passages, but because I’ve experienced how hard it is to find comfort and hold on to hope in suffering. I need to remind myself of where my hope is found. A lot of my examples will likely geared to bring comfort and hope for chronic illness, but the truth of Scripture applies to all areas of life and suffering.
As I’ve battled chronic illness and other difficult life circumstances, the Psalms have been my go-to book. In the wrestling, the laments, the pain, and the hurt, the Psalms bring us back to the only One who gives lasting comfort and hope. This is one of the things that has steadied my heart on many a day where pain is intensified, emotions are screaming, and everything within me wants to blame God for why He hasn't changed my circumstances.
Can you relate?
I want to remember in those moments of doubt and struggle that God is working, and that what He is doing is good, as much as it conflicts with what I think is best. As Charles Spurgeon expresses:
"No flowers wear so lovely a blue as those which grow at the foot of a glacier;I pray that as I remind myself of the truth of who God is in my suffering, you too would experience comfort, find encouragement, and breathe hope through the Psalms.
No stars gleam so brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky;
no water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sang;
and no faith is so previous as that which lives and triumphs in adversity."
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