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Thursday... It can get very deep.


Thursday... It can get very deep. 

David it seems had it sometimes. In Psalm 143:7 He writes, "Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don't turn away from me or I will die."

Now there is chemical depression where you need medicine to deal with it and then there is emotional depression which is what it seems David had here in this Psalm. And life can bring it on to the point that you feel like your going to die. Maybe that is where you are or have been or where someone you know is. It can be so difficult to deal with.

He says in verse 4, "I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear." Losing hope can take us to a dark spot and also living in great fear. No wonder he was depressed. But he goes on. In verses 5 & 6 he says, "I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done. I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain." 

He then says in verse 8a, "Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you." Here are some choices. Losing all hope, paralyzed with fear, or remembering the days of old, pondering on all of God's great works, hearing of His unfailing love each morning and trusting in Him.  

And then in verses 8b - 9 David says, "Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you. Rescue me from my enemies, Lord; I run to you to hide me."

Verses 8-9 in The Message says, "If you wake me each morning with the sound of your loving voice, I'll go to sleep each night trusting in you. I'm all ears, all eyes before you."

Listen, we don't need help to hear the voices of no hope and fear and depression but we do need His help to wake us up each morning to the sound of His unfailing love, of His loving voice so we can fall asleep each night trusting in Him. So our choice is to strive to wake up each morning with the sound of your loving voice instead of the voice of depression. And a great way to do this is by starting your morning by remembering what He did for you yesterday and thanking Him for what He has done. And that is a great way to hear the sound of His unfailing love. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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