July
SELF - PITY IS A SLIMY, BOTTOMLESSPIT. Once you fall in, you tend
to go deeper and deeper into the mire. As you slide down those
slippery walls, you are well on your way to depression, and the
darkness is profound.
Your only hope is to look up and see the Light of My Presence shining
down on you. Though the Light looks dim from your perspective, deep
in the pit, those rays of hope can reach you at any depth. While you
focus on Me in trust, you rise ever so slowly out of the abyss of despair.
Finally, you can reach up and grasp My hand. I will pull you out into the
Light again. I will gently cleanse you, washing off the clinging mire. I will
cover you with My righteousness and walk with you down the path of
Life.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.
PSALM 40 : 2 – 3
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
For the help of His countenance.
PSALM 42 : 5 (NKJV)
The LORD delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.
PSALM 147 : 11